On February 28, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of the DNA molecule. They studied Rosalind Franklin's X-ray pictures of the molecule, made sketches, built theoretical models, hit on the correct structure, and went to the pub.
The best thing about this, aside from the pub, is that only two months later, they published their discovery in the
April 25, 1953 journal
Nature with a one-page announcement including a simple diagram beginning with the words "We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A.)." So unassuming. So concise.
I wonder if the neo-christians would try to have this discovery supressed today. Or what the god-spin on it would be.
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