Watson and Crick

Cultural  

1. The two twentieth-century biologists (James D. Watson of the United States and Francis H. C. Crick of England) who discovered the double helix of DNA.

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Example Sentences

Watson and Crick were devastated, until they realized Pauling’s scheme would not work.

From Los Angeles Times

Eventually, Watson and Crick made up and by the time the Englishman died in 2004, they were again the boon pals they’d been 50 years earlier.

From Los Angeles Times

Watson and Crick found Franklin "hostile" and thought she jealously guarded her research and worked in isolation.

From BBC

Demonstrating that DNA has a three-dimensional, double-helix shape allowed Watson and Crick to unlock the secrets of how cells worked; the means by which characteristics were passed down through generations.

From BBC

Watson and Crick were in a race with another team at King's College London.

From BBC