Stephen Curry
@scurry.bsky.social
Proud Ballymena Professor. Senior Strategic Advisor at RoRI; Emeritus Prof at Imperial. Former DORA Chair. Husband, father, carer. Also cares about science & equity. Personal a/c. Writes occasionally at http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/.
Remember he & Crick lived in fear of being beaten to the solution by Linus Pauling. 3/3
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Remember he & Crick lived in fear of being beaten to the solution by Linus Pauling. 3/3
…as her later papers show, but JW may well be right that the significance of the C2 symmetry was not immediately apparent to her. It wouldn’t have been to Watson either. Crick was the crystallographic expert. As for winning & losing, well that was Watson’s approach to the game of science. 2/3
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
…as her later papers show, but JW may well be right that the significance of the C2 symmetry was not immediately apparent to her. It wouldn’t have been to Watson either. Crick was the crystallographic expert. As for winning & losing, well that was Watson’s approach to the game of science. 2/3
I think it’s mostly fair (honest?) comment. Franklin was a very skilled experimentalist in x-ray diffraction but mostly from non-crystalline samples. DNA was the first crystalline sample she worked with so the world of crystal symmetry was new to her at Kings. She was undoubtedly a fast learner… 1/3
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I think it’s mostly fair (honest?) comment. Franklin was a very skilled experimentalist in x-ray diffraction but mostly from non-crystalline samples. DNA was the first crystalline sample she worked with so the world of crystal symmetry was new to her at Kings. She was undoubtedly a fast learner… 1/3
To be replaced by REF2030 branding?
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
To be replaced by REF2030 branding?