Today is the birthday of Rosalind Franklin, the chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA.

[terrymatz@wandering.shop]

Today is the birthday of Rosalind Franklin, the chemist who helped discover the structure of DNA. Born July 25, 1920, her work was crucial to refining the double helix model, though she went uncredited for years.
Celebrate her life with DNA inspired knitting patterns like these from my science pattern post
https://intheloopknitting.com/science-knitting-patterns.php/

#knitting #otd #science

[3janeta@beige.party]

@terrymatz I’ve knitted that scarf pattern before and it’s good

[12thrits@mstdn.social]

@terrymatz Beautiful!

[catmisgivings@stranger.social]

@terrymatz double helix cable knit is truly inspired!!!!!

[gracelesshippo@mastodon.ie]

@terrymatz

I would suggest that Rosalind Franklin's crystal radiography was crucial in discovering the structure of DNA. And that she didn't 'help', her work was stolen to do it. She was treated horribly by the people actually credited with the discovery.

Institutionalised mysogny aside, I love fibre art and I love that people took the time to make those cable patterns.

[lindasgoluppiart@mastodonapp.uk]

@terrymatz And yet in Northampton (UK) we have a questionable sculpture to Watson and Crick and no mention of her. I know that Crick was born in the Town but it has always annoyed me, especially when he was shown Franklin's work without her permission.

[highlandlawyer@mastodon.social]

@terrymatz
"What did Crick & Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin's notes."

[sjash_03@mastodon.sdf.org]

@terrymatz

These look like an interesting variation of Aran knitwear

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@terrymatz

Linus Pauling's wife: why did you let Watson and Crick beat you to the structure of DNA ?

Pauling: If I had known it was that important, I would have worked harder

PS
If you know anything about Pauling you know this is not an idle boast