He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast. 6, 2025, at the age of 97. 6, 2025, at the age of 97 Scandal, secrecy, and forgotten names the discovery of dna’s double helix is often told as a triumph of genius—a clean victory where brilliance prevailed and the “mystery of life” was unveiled But the truth is far messier It was a race riddled with ambition, secrecy, and betrayal
James watson and francis crick pushed forward at cambridge. In 1953, deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) was already well known to scientists Several experiments with bacteria in the 1940s had shown that genes are made of dna, but even the scientists involved.
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