The Double Helix Part 1: Intertwining Lives

On April 25, 1953, three papers appeared in the journal Nature establishing the helical structure of DNA. The authors of the first paper, James Watson and Francis Crick, are most commonly associated with the discovery. But their work heavily borrowed from that of the authors of the other two papers.  Maurice Wilkins received due credit in the form of a Nobel Prize, but Rosalind Franklin... not so much. Join us as we layout the lives of the four people who heralded this discovery. Along the way we'll find what DNA really celebrates, that Crick definitely smoked a lot of weed, and Franklin was so much better than you at everything.