Watson and Crick

Cultural

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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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 • Nov. 7, 2025

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 • Nov. 7, 2025

The double-helix structure of DNA is formed when many Watson and Crick base pairs come together.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

Franklin provided essential quantitative data on the structure in a report she shared with a colleague, who shared it with Watson and Crick.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2023

The original Watson and Crick model of DNA, with its hammered metal plates and rickety rods twisting precariously around a steel laboratory stand, is housed behind a glass case.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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