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Science Talk

Photograph 51: Rosalind Franklin and the Race For The Double Helix of DNA (Part 2 of 2)

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2010

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Photograph 51 is a new play about Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick, and the race to determine the structure of DNA, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, running through November 21st. A panel discussion about the play on November 2nd featured crystallography expert Helen Berman, biologist and Franklin scholar Lynne Osman Elkin, science journalist Nicholas Wade, playwright Anna Ziegler and moderator Stuart Firestein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.6

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there.

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.4

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benny?

0:22.1

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:26.7

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0:31.9

Welcome back for part two of the panel discussion about the new play, Photograph 51.

0:37.2

The plays about Rosalind Franklin,

0:38.8

Watson, and Crick, and the race to figure out the structure of DNA.

0:42.3

This production runs at the Ensemble Studio Theater here in New York till November 21st.

0:47.3

At the end of Part 1, New York Times science reporter Nicholas Wade had just been rebutted by

0:51.7

biologist and Franklin scholar Lynn Osman Elkin. We'll pick

0:55.5

it up with Wade's response to Elkin's rebuttal. The other voices you'll be hearing are

1:00.0

playwright Anna Ziegler, crystallographer Helen Berman, and moderator Stuart Firestein.

1:05.8

I think the problem with saying that Rosen was ill-treated is that there's absolutely no evidence that she herself believed this to be the case.

1:16.9

She was definitely in a position to complain if she wished.

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