Philip Ball appraises Nicole Kidman's stage turn as crystallographer Rosalind Franklin.
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Ball, P. Theatre: Lab's labour's lost. Nature 525, 454 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/525454a
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Jan A Witkowski
Donald Caspar's appearance in the play is an anachronism. He was not in London at the time of the discovery – he first met Franklin in 1955.
Upinder Fotadar
Interestingly, as of now from the group of the seven scientists who were responsible for publishing their work on the structure of DNA in the April 25, 1953 issue of Nature only one namely, James Dewey Watson survives. Raymond Gosling passed away on 18 May 2015.
Dr. Upinder Fotadar
Upinder Fotadar
Interestingly, as of now from the group of the seven scientists who were responsible for publishing their work on the structure of DNA in the April 25, 1953 issue of Nature only one namely, James Dewey Watson survives. Raymond Gosling passed away on 18 May 2015.
Dr. Upinder Fotadar