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b"Deciphering the structure of DNA was as complex as the double helix itself. On 28th February, 1953, Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick rushed to the pub and announced to their fellow drinkers in The Eagle, Cambridge that they had just found \\u201cthe secret of life\\u201d.\\xa0\\nBut their work would not have been possible without the uncredited contribution of Dr. Rosalind Franklin - whose photographs of the X-ray diffraction pattern of DNA were the first to reveal its three-dimensional structure. And it was her colleague, Dr Maurice Wilkins, who first brought Franklin\\u2019s work to the attention of Watson and Crick.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider how it came to be that Crick\\u2019s wife, Odile; drew the iconic depiction of the structure published in Nature; explain why *technically* Dr Franklin didn\\u2019t even have a degree; and recall how James Watson\\u2019s legacy was tainted by his bitter and snide memoir, \\u2018The Double Helix\\u2019...\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Double-Helix Structure of DNA\\u2019 (ThoughtCo, 2020): https://www.thoughtco.com/double-helix-373302\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Geek Atlas - 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive, By John Graham-Cumming\\u2019 (O'Reilly Media, 2009):\\nhttps://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Geek_Atlas/rXH0AQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=crick+watson+eagle+1953&pg=PA267&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero - Cl\\xe1udio L. Guerra\\u2019 (Ted-Ed, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIP0lYrdirI\\nJoin\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\xa0\\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\\nAt Apple Podcasts\\xa0or\\xa0Patreon.\\npodfollow.com/Retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n\\xa0\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"