The 1953 Nature papers

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1:11:21>> Uh Wilkins, Stokes, and Wilson, they provided supporting evidence of the helical structure. And then Franklin and Gosling Post had the third paper in the same issue. Same issue of nature back to back to back. >> No way. All three. >> All three. All three back to back toback had these papers. Um presented the empirical data with the with the famous photograph 51. >> I'm going to need to get a copy of this April version. >> Oh, I bet it's worth a lot of money. I would love to have that on the wall. >> So, we're going to we're Okay. So, if you audience, if you are currently in possession of the April 25, 1953 Nature triple publication of DNA,
1:12:01>> please DM us. >> Yeah. >> If you know somebody that's in possession of that copy, please DM us cuz it will make a great addition as one of our first pieces on the wall. We've now decided we're going to put the annals and history of science and great memorabilia on the walls behind us >> and this would be just absolutely incredible. It's a single issue of nature that has all three of these publications. >> So crazy. >> Yeah, >> that is they literally they they approached the editor of nature and they're like this is >> we got we got we got three things and they're these three. And the editor of nature was like yeah >> obviously like we got to put it together. >> Yeah, we got to put it together. and and
1:12:42they put it back to back. >> That's incredible. >> This order though, the fact that Watson and Crick were first, it sort of cemented that priority in the narrative, right? >> Because they're the guys who who came up with the structure. Rosen Franklin comes up with the empirical data that suggested that structure is true, right?
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