Rosalind Franklin: Great Minds

Rosalind Franklin was a British scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA, but you most likely haven't heard of her. Hank will attempt to fix this gap in your knowledge on today's SciShow: Great Minds.

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[littleowlz]

Rosalind Franklin is the reason I became interested with biochemistry in the 7th Grade. I have since moved to England, and I am studying to get into University to study Biochemistry and Genetics. Thank you for making a video about her, she deserves it. :)

[Elisa.RosaSol]

Is it to late to give her that noble prize? Or at least give her some credit, maybe even a legacy award for people who in their time were underestimated.

[mathrodite]

That wasn't the end of her career. She also uncovered the structure of a virus for the first time, and her colleague in that work also received the Nobel after her death. However, he at least gave her credit.

[urbisoler]

There is absolutely no question that "Rosie" earned and deserved the Nobel Prize. Knowledge of her Photograph 51 was a key element in the final successful model of the structure of DNA. A blessing on you head Rosie, mozel Tov, mozel tov

[alvinhsu]

Whenever I see Watson and/or Crick mentioned in a textbook, I cross it out with red ink and write Rosalind Franklin on top of it.

[sarahbyington]

This video made me look smart in class!!! One of my professors asked how the structure of DNA was discovered to which I immediately piped out X-ray crystallography! Booyeah!

[samhorrell]

As a crystallographer I'd love to see a Scishow episode on crystallography. Despite having the most nobel prizes in a single field and the youngest person every to recieve a nobel prize lots of people still have no idea what it is. Also it's such a pretty science.

[AllenChanThree]

Times are changing. The "Watson-Crick were dicks of DNA structure" theme is mostly a sad postscript to the history of culture changing, albeit they were a bit behind their own times. I would hope that the Watson-Crick link would be discredited in Science.

[bitmaxim]

Thank you for putting the spotlight on lesser-known scientists like Rosalind Franklin.

[pablocolunga]

This is a sad story =/, poor Rosalind.

[andreacussolotto]

My science teacher actually made his point to make us recognise the importance of not-so-well-known contributors in researches. And also pointed out Ms. Franklin was not just a contributor, like, in the test the correct answer to the "Who first deduced the structure of DNA?" had to include her, so good job Mr YY (my teacher)

[jcortese]

Another great quote from Watson: "The best place for a woman is in someone else's lab." Great guy. He also spent time in the book deriding her mannish clothing and lack of suitable makeup.

[OneUpdateataTime]

Scishow: correcting the sexist mistakes of the past and giving the great women some credit and recognition among the new generation. Good work.

[jdowers]

"The world deserved more than 37 years of rosalind franklin", what a nice thing to say hank, awesome work, keep it up

[SodaVampire]

I love Rosalind Franklin! I learned about all her contributions to science in high school when we watched an educational video. It seriously pisses me off how she isn't credited enough for her work!

[clawtooth]

In my Biology education, the teacher barely mentioned Watson and Crick and focussed almost entirely on Rosalind Franklin. Which is great!

[blahmcblahblah]

Archimedes! The actual inventor of calculus (though Newton didn't rip him off; his works were lost at the time of Newton.)!

[Zeyev]

How sad that we never heard of her. Well, *I* hadn't heard of her. Thanks for shining the spotlight on forgotten heroes and heroines.

[michellevoli]

Read both books: "The Double Helix" by Watson and "The Dark Lady of DNA" by Maddox. Awesome accounts of this historical discovery. Even in Watson's own book he expresses Franklin is the key.

[doveluver]

Rosalind Franklin is the coolest. Probably my favorite scientist. I wish you had also mentioned that she made other great contributions with her research like her work on the structures of the tobacco mosaic virus and the polio virus.