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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by bowwoden on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:22PM (#35708027)
Schrodinger predicted the double helix structure of DNA decades before it was observed to be fair.
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by khazhoux on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:42PM (#35708148)
Maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but what's the value of a completely speculative prediction?
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by subroutine on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @08:03PM (#35708298)
Inspiration, apparently? According to wikipedia, Watson and Crick both credited Schrödinger's book (what is life) as a source of inspiration for their initial research.
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by vixen99 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:14AM (#35711541)
Apart from the amusement that might be had in making it, you never know if further evidence might one day cast new light on it.
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by the__alchemist on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @08:35PM (#35708476)
Where? What is Life is an astounding piece. It influenced Watson, Crick and other biologists, but didn't predict a double helix.
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by peterfirefly on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @04:18AM (#35710808)
It's a wonderful book. I am proud to have a copy :)
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by geysersam on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:16AM (#35710124)
Schrodinger predicted some "aperiodic crystal" storing information. No mention of double helix.
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by vixen99 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:20AM (#35711564)
Erwin Chargaff himself a chemist, knew very well the proportion of the bases in DNA since he'd discovered it but didn't put two and two together (Chargaff's ratio).

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science-and-technology/biology-...

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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by j7ake on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:27AM (#35711594)
This is false. He wrote something about aperiodic Crystal.
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