Francis Crick - RIP

[LibLabUK]

One half of the team who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA.

Professor Crick died at the age of 88, at his home in California.

[enki23]

1. he was the one who was less of an ass, wasn't he?

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[LibLabUK]

2. Umm...

I'm not sure. He did state that his research into the brain led him to the conclusion that 1) there was no soul independant of the body and 2) there was no life after death.

I'm not really up on James Watson's current work/opinions.

[DrWeird]

5. I think that was Watson.

Could be wrong.

[Hoping4Change]

3. Not so fast.Rosalind Franklin should have shared the Nobel Prize

for the discovery of DNA's structure says California State University, Hayward, who spends much of her time these days trying to clarify Franklin's significant role in one of the 20th century's greatest scientific discoveries.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/

[LibLabUK]

4. Except...

The Nobel can't be awarded posthumously.

I agree, she was an integral part of the team for her work with the x-ray crystallography... and if she were alive she would have deserved to recieve the same accolades that W&C did.

[Hoping4Change]

6. But you didn't mention her in your original post. The Nobel Prize

can't be awarded posthumously but their error can be corrected by including Franklin's name whenever the discovery of DNA is referenced.

[DrWeird]

7. But she wasn't in the team that won the Nobel prize.

The original post was something to the effect "he was one of the pair of scientists who one the Nobel prize."

Not "he was one of the four principal scientists who discovered the structure of DNA."

[Hoping4Change]

8. And that's the problem. The awarding of the Nobel Prize

leaves future generations with the mistaken notion that all who were instrumental in the discovery have been recognized. It is important I believe to correct that oversight and one way to do that is to note that the prize failed to acknowledge all the principal scientists who discovered the structure of DNA. She may not have been recognized as part of the team but she was in the sense they used her work.