Biography watson and crick 1953 pdf

| PERSPECTIVES Before Watson and Crick in 1953 Came Friedrich Miescher in 1869 Ehud Lamm,*,1 Oren Harman,† and Sophie Juliane Veigl‡ *The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 6997801, †Science, Technology and Society, Bar Ilan University, Israel 5290002, and ‡Institut für Philosophie,Universität Wien, 1010 Wien, Austria ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2980-7847 (E.L.) ABSTRACT In 1869, the young Swiss biochemist Friedrich Miescher discovered the molecule we now refer to as DNA, developing techniques for its extraction.

In this paper we explain why his name is all but forgotten, and his role in the history of genetics is mostly overlooked.

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We focus on the role of national rivalries and disciplinary turf wars in shaping historical memory, and on how the story we tell shapes our understanding of the science. We highlight that Miescher could just as correctly be port The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953 | Francis Crick ... POW