> The structure of DNA was seen in a vision in James Watson's dream
I believe this is apocryphal. Watson likely said this because he stole Rosalind Franklin's research.
I believe this is apocryphal. Watson likely said this because he stole Rosalind Franklin's research.
Mind you he was helped by a nice coincidence. Franklin knew all 230 space symmetry groups, and so had to sort through them. Watson only really knew one - his PhD thesis was on a protein with the same group as DNA.
This is probably something I need to research more, because the questions scientists are dealing with are too deep to ignore the one big question, and I wonder who struggled with it.