Post WWII, Rosalind Franklin found herself in an ideal working situation as a chemist in a French lab. Highly educated, she had already established herself as an expert in X-ray crystallography in London but was excited to explore using that technology outside of her speciality in coal analysis. When her personal life in France became complicated she took advantage of an opportunity to return to London and direct her attention to figuring out the structure of human DNA. The glory went to Watson and Crick but the research belonged to Franklin. Her dedication often caused her to ignore the readings on her radiation dosometer and led to her early death from ovarian cancer. Finally a story told about a true genius.
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