Rosalind Franklin: The Unrecognized Collaborator Video Analysis
Rosalind Franklin: The Unrecognized Collaborator
The video begins by introducing Francis Crick and James Watson and speaking about their contributions on the discovery of the double helix in DNA. However Watson and Crick could not have made their discovery without the research and contributions of one unrecognized scientist: Rosalind Franklin. The video talks about Rosalind’s early life and then shows us the legacy that she left behind in science. From an early age Rosalind was extremely intelligent, and in 1983 she won a scholarship to study physics and chemistry at Cambridge University. Here she began to work on X-ray crystallography. By the time she graduated WWII was in full swig so she began to contribute to the war effort by designing …show more content…
It shocked me to see how sexist and how badly the field of science treated her. Even though see was better than the majority of the men in her field she never even received a Nobel Prize. Furthermore, I found it to be very interesting that even after James Watson stole much of her data that was provided by her associate Maurice Wilkins he went on to publish a book that defamed her. I also sadly learned that see wasn’t even around to defend her legacy because she passed away before it was her time. It was a complete injustice that she died unknowing her crucial contribution to Watson and Crick’s famous discovery.
Another interesting thing I learned from this video is that after Rosalind Franklin left King’s College she went on to make an extremely important discovery about viruses. I found it to be very fascinating that even after having such a bad experience she didn’t give up on her passion for science and that she kept working no matter the obstacles. It leads to one of her greatest discoveries finding out the structure of the virus and its infections’ element. She collaborated with Aaron Klug who later wins a Nobel Prize, and again she was overlooked and not given the credit that she
The video begins by introducing Francis Crick and James Watson and speaking about their contributions on the discovery of the double helix in DNA. However Watson and Crick could not have made their discovery without the research and contributions of one unrecognized scientist: Rosalind Franklin. The video talks about Rosalind’s early life and then shows us the legacy that she left behind in science. From an early age Rosalind was extremely intelligent, and in 1983 she won a scholarship to study physics and chemistry at Cambridge University. Here she began to work on X-ray crystallography. By the time she graduated WWII was in full swig so she began to contribute to the war effort by designing …show more content…
It shocked me to see how sexist and how badly the field of science treated her. Even though see was better than the majority of the men in her field she never even received a Nobel Prize. Furthermore, I found it to be very interesting that even after James Watson stole much of her data that was provided by her associate Maurice Wilkins he went on to publish a book that defamed her. I also sadly learned that see wasn’t even around to defend her legacy because she passed away before it was her time. It was a complete injustice that she died unknowing her crucial contribution to Watson and Crick’s famous discovery.
Another interesting thing I learned from this video is that after Rosalind Franklin left King’s College she went on to make an extremely important discovery about viruses. I found it to be very fascinating that even after having such a bad experience she didn’t give up on her passion for science and that she kept working no matter the obstacles. It leads to one of her greatest discoveries finding out the structure of the virus and its infections’ element. She collaborated with Aaron Klug who later wins a Nobel Prize, and again she was overlooked and not given the credit that she