PHOTO 51 QUESTIONS
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1. Who were the 4 major scientists working to discover the structure of DNA?
2. Give a brief description of each of these scientists as they relate to this story of Photo 51
3. What is Photo 51
4. Who took this picture
5. How did the scientist take the picture
6. Why is this picture so important to this story Photo 51 and to biology
7. Who used Photo 51 to determine the structure of DNA
8. How did she/he/they get to see Photo 51
9. Which scientists were using models to determine the structure of DNA
10. Which of the above scientists exhibited a completely wrong model of DNA
11. How many forms of DNA were discovered
12. Who discovered these different forms of DNA
13. Who ultimately discovered the structure of DNA
14. What did they/she/he call this newly discovered structure/shape of DNA
15. In what year did she/they/he discover the structure of DNA
16. Which of the above scientists received the Noble Prize for discovering the structure of DNA
17. Which of the above scientists did not received the Noble Prize for discovering the structure of
DNA
18. Why not
19. When did they receive the Noble prize
20. Who of the above scientists wrote the best-selling book The Double Helix
21. What is meant by double helix
22. Who of the above scientists was disparaged in the book by the author