Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model
- Made:
- 1993 in South Kensington
- maker:
- Science Museum, Workshops
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Replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 DNA Double Helix Model, by Science Museum Workshops, South Kensington, London, England, 1993
This is a replica of Crick and Watson's 1953 model of the structure of DNA.
Using their knowledge of chemical bonds, along with X-ray crystallography results from the British chemist Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick worked out the double-helix structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecule that acts as a blueprint for all living things.
This model was made in the Science Museum workshops in London.
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- Category:
- Biochemistry
- Materials:
- Acrylic (Perspex), aluminium alloy, cork, paint, rubber (unidentified), tin plated
- Identifier:
- 1993-817
- type:
- templates
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- Science Museum, London
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