The Race to the Double Helix — Watson, Crick, Franklin & the Real Story of DNA
EP 19
·58:28

The race intensifies

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58:29>> This is like local G. This is like in LA. It would be like two gangs in LA in different parts, right? The blood being like, look, we have a bigger enemy right now. Can we just for like have moratorum for a moment?" >> Yeah. Like New York is coming up. >> New York is coming. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Uh we 50 just dropped Get Rich or die trying. [laughter] >> Yeah. It's gonna be a problem. It's gonna be Yeah. He's hooked up with Jimmy I [laughter] Eminem and Dr. Dre. >> Yeah. Exactly. So So this is when Watson goes to King's College. >> Okay. >> And he's like, "Look, we got a problem here." >> Yeah. >> He goes to Rosalyn Franklin. Um this is where things get sketchy. >> Okay.

59:09>> He goes to Rosalyn Franklin's office. She's not in there. >> Okay. >> I guess the door is open. This is where, you know, I don't know if the door is open or not. >> Okay. >> Okay. He just goes in. Rosen Franklin walks up on him in her office looking through her stuff. >> Yeah. No, no, no. >> Never a good look. >> Okay. Never a good look. At this point, this is 1953. Rosen Franklin has already had it with Maurice Wilkins. >> Yeah. because of the dynamic where like they're just not getting along. So, Rosen Franklin is about to leave in about six months to go to another

59:49university. Right. >> Okay. >> Right. >> And um the head of the group >> has told Rosalyn Franklin to give up all of the resources and all of the research that she's been doing on DNA to Maurice Wilkins. Hand it over, right? Because you're no longer going to be part of this group. All of that is going to go to you. Um, Gosling, who is the PhD student, is also now going to go under Maurice Wilkins because he needs to finish his PhD. >> He got to do what he got to do. >> And um, in this whole time, Watson is in her lab just like looking through her stuff, >> rifling through papers, >> right? I mean, the guy is desperate. I get it. But my guy >> Yeah. No. No. That's

1:00:29>> like, what are you doing? Okay. Rosalyn Franklin catches him. It's like, what are you what are you doing? They have they have a little They have a little, you know, tiny argument. Watson's like, "Well, I wanted to show you this paper from Lionus Powing. You know, we're on the same team." >> Well, Franklin is not having any of this. You were just in my [laughter] office. >> And now all of a sudden, like, we're on the same No. Okay. Get the hell out of my office.

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