The Dark Lady--a twist of fate

I would like to say "we're all in this togather" and it matters not a tinker's damn who gets credit for what, but within the human community it seems that sometimes "credit" is more important than "discovery".

I would like to say "we're all in this together" and it matters not a tinker's damn who gets credit for what, but within the human community it seems that sometimes "credit" is more important than "discovery".

Wow, Bo.
I can see that you felt very strongly about this since you answered twice

of course you are right in the purest of considerations. Salute to you, because I think you really believe what you say.

Letty - great article! Great find.

Hi, LittleK,
Yes, I was particularly intrigued with this because my son introduced me to the concept when he wrote a paper on recombinant DNA when he was just a kid in college. Later, in med school, he discovered a behind the scenes anecdote about the dark lady that may or may not be true.

Watson and Crick are reputed to have wined and dined Ms. Franklin, coaxing her into revealing the progress that she had made in her observations and clinical studies. All's fair in love and science, I guess.

Bastids.

probably...even their own father won't claim 'em

Interesting article. But no solid proofs of alleged plagiarism. Messrs. Watson and Crick might have developed their discovery independently from Ms. Franklin. They might have used her research results, but interpretation seems to be wholly theirs. She simply had a bad luck...

steissd, you're quite the sophist. No one is suggesting that Watson and Crick weren't brilliant, just hungry. Something tells me that BoGoWo was quite right in one respect. The Dark Lady was more interested in discovery than fame.