On: One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science – The Race to DNA

[tomrod]

I love hearing about Rosalind Franklin! It was an absolute shame how she got cut out of credit. Almost as bad as Noether and her teaching appointments being as assistant for men.

If you want more women in science, and who wouldn't!, then it is wise to learn the philosophy of abundance where credit is involved.

[tekla → tomrod]

She didn't win a Nobel prize because she was dead.

[jll29 → tekla]

More precisely: "While she would not have been eligible to win a Nobel prize, because the award is not given posthumously, she likely would have been omitted in any case, as her and Gosling's data was not even cited/mentioned in Watson and Crick's Nature paper, which suggests they did not intend to share credit."

Check out the last paragraph of page 737 and the first on page 738: https://www.mskcc.org/teaser/1953-nature-papers-watson-crick... That gives you an idea about the generic acknowledgement to Franklin (not even in first position).