The Women of Wikipedia

“Notable Women: From Stone Age to New Age” (edited by Cliff Pickover, www.pickover.com, author of "The Math Book.")

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Rosalind Elsie Franklin

Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

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