New Play Gives DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin Her Time in the Spotlight

Rosalind Franklin would probably not have appreciated her posthumous reputation. First there was the colossal insult of being denied due credit for her role in the discovery of DNA's double helix shape, a breakthrough that revealed not only the form of our genetic material, but also how it functioned. James Watson and Francis Crick received the lion's share of the glory for that finding, and for decades Franklin was a historical footnote.

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