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▲ philipallstar 2 days ago

> Science historian Alistair Sponsel of the Science History Institute and crystallographer Brian Sutton of KCL argue Franklin knew the earlier photo had revealed a helix—the epiphany Watson claimed for himself—and that is precisely why she made a second, more refined version, photograph 51.

It was Watson and Crick who discovered the double helix, even if Franklin did write something down about a single helix from a previous photo that they didn't read.

▲ramraj07 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

Yes and I believe these two people who have been shown to be bastions of moral caliber.