Re:How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DN...
by bondarchuk on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:13AM
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>but the desire to attribute major scientific discoveries to a single author or team is based on an incorrect interpretation of the scientific process.
I mean yeah, in a sense, sure.. But would people be writing articles arguing that point now if some dude with wrong opinions on race and genetics had taken the picture and a woman had first realized the double helix structure?
Anyway, yeah I also read that about Pauling and helices, seems someone would've figured it out eventually and it's somewhat a matter of luck who got there first.
I mean yeah, in a sense, sure.. But would people be writing articles arguing that point now if some dude with wrong opinions on race and genetics had taken the picture and a woman had first realized the double helix structure?
Anyway, yeah I also read that about Pauling and helices, seems someone would've figured it out eventually and it's somewhat a matter of luck who got there first.