PHYSIOLOGY/MEDICINE: Watson and Crick 1962 - Cambridge, UK
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This plaque commemorates Watson and Crick at the place where they announced their discovery of DNA at the Eagle pub in Cambridge.
Waymark Code: WMCPP5
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/30/2011
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On the plaque the inscription reads:
'DNA Double Helix 1953
"The secret of life"
For decades the Eagle was the local
pub for scientists from the nearby
Cavendish Laboratory.
It was here on February 28th 1953 that
Francis Crick and James Watson first
anounced their discovery of how
DNA carries genetic information.
Unveiled by James Watson
25th April 2003.'
Wikipedia describes Watson and Crick: visit link
'James D. Watson and Francis Crick were the two co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953. They used x-ray diffraction data collected by Rosalind Franklin and proposed the double helix or spiral staircase structure of the DNA molecule. Their article, Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, is celebrated for its treatment of the B form of DNA (B-DNA), and as the source of Watson-Crick base pairing of nucleotides. They were, with Maurice Wilkins, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
According to legend, as they walked into the Eagle pub in Cambridge, Crick announced, "We have found the secret of life." '