RT Journal Article
T1 Photography and the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA
A1 Cuevas Martín, José
A1 Heglar, Laurence E.
AB The development of X-ray diffraction photography was central to the discovery of the helical structure of DNA in 1953. Unfortunately the story of how this technique was developed receded into the background as subsequent attention focused on the moment of discovery by Watson and Crick. As a result the importance of photography as ‘data’ and the role it plays in scientific discovery is underplayed. We seek to rectify this situation by presenting this story and by drawing conclusions about the importance of this form of photography in scientific investigation as well as for the insights it gives us regarding the process of discovery.
PB Intellect
SN 2040-3682; Online ISSN: 2040-3690
YR 2013
FD 2013-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33718
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33718
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 abr 2025