






  1. Maurice Wilkins is the English biophysisist who shared the prize, because without his work on uniformly oriented DNA fibers (resulting in diffraction samples far better than previous ones), Watson and Crick would not have been able to complete the molecular modeling. Unfortunately, some of the other critical work they used, the incredibly important contributions of X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin, have never been highly publicized– simply, because she died prior to the presentation of the Nobel Prize, and they are never given posthumously. So, here’s my three cheers for Rosalind!!!

  2. I heard Watson speak at the Pri-Med conference in Orange County back in May. He referred to Crick’s cancer at that time. I was sorry to hear it.