The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix Howard Markel. Norton, $30 (608p) ISBN 978-1-324-00223-9 ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

Francis Crick, who helped discover the double helix shape of DNA along with James Watson, has died at the age of 88, his family said on Thursday. Crick died at Thornton Hospital in San Diego where ...

On Oct. 18, 1962, James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.

Francis Crick, who with James Watson discovered the spiral, “double-helix” structure of DNA, has died at the age of 88.

The British-born Crick was 36 and working at the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory in 1953 when he and American-born James Watson, just 24, struck upon the idea that the DNA ...

In 1962, Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. They had determined that DNA is made of two chains that spiral around each other ...

Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins in 1962 were awarded Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering structure of DNA; Crick's early sketches and hundreds of other items from his personal ...

Nobel laureate Francis Crick, who along with James Watson uncovered the "double helix" spiral structure of DNA, died Wednesday at age 88. In 1953, the pair announced they had determined the ...

The 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, recognizing their work in discovering the structure of DNA. Not included in the Prize ...

Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins in 1962 were awarded Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering structure of DNA; Crick's early sketches and hundreds of other items from his personal ...