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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the…
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Hello. My name is Rosalind Franklin. When I was a little girl, I loved to learn new things. I was always asking questions like, 'How does this work?' or 'Why is that like that?'. I especially loved science because it helped me find the answers to my big, wonderful questions.
When I grew up, I became a scientist. I used a very special machine that worked like a camera. It could take pictures of things that are much too tiny for our eyes to see. In the year 1952, I worked very, very hard and took a special picture. It was a picture of something called DNA, which is inside all of us. No one had ever seen a picture like it before.
My picture was like a secret clue. It helped other scientists understand what DNA looked like. When they saw my picture, they learned that DNA was shaped like a long, twisty ladder. This was a very big discovery. It helped everyone understand more about how our bodies work.
I lived to be 37 years old. People remember me today for my careful work and the important picture I took. My discovery helped doctors and scientists learn new ways to help people stay healthy.
Rosalind Franklin: The DNA Scientist
Hello. My name is Rosalind Franklin. When I was a little girl, I loved to learn new things. I was always asking questions like, 'How does this work?' or 'Why is that like that?'. I especially loved science because it helped me find the answers to my big, wonderful questions.
When I grew up, I became a scientist. I used a very special machine that worked like a camera. It could take pictures of things that are much too tiny for our eyes to see. In the year 1952, I worked very, very hard and took a special picture. It was a picture of something called DNA, which is inside all of us. No one had ever seen a picture like it before.
My picture was like a secret clue. It helped other scientists understand what DNA looked like. When they saw my picture, they learned that DNA was shaped like a long, twisty ladder. This was a very big discovery. It helped everyone understand more about how our bodies work.
I lived to be 37 years old. People remember me today for my careful work and the important picture I took. My discovery helped doctors and scientists learn new ways to help people stay healthy.
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Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
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