Article ID: CBB196845423

Florence Bell—the ‘Housewife’ with x-ray vision (2021)

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After an award-winning portrayal by Nicole Kidman in a hit West End play, a Mars Rover named in her honour, and recently a commemorative 50 pence coin released by the Royal Mint, Rosalind Franklin's crucial work in the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA is well recognized. Far less well known, however, is the name of Florence Bell, the crystallographer who first showed that X-ray analysis could be used to reveal the regular, ordered structure of DNA. This paper explores her life and work, the legacy of which is ‘Photo 51’, the famous X-ray image of DNA taken by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling in 1952 that now features on the new 50 pence coin.

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Authors & Contributors
Fabrizio Rufo
Abad-Zapatero, Celerino
Walsby, A. E.
Veigl, Sophie Juliane
Ernesto Schwartz-Marín
Arely Cruz-Santiago
Concepts
DNA; RNA
Genetics
Molecular biology
X-ray crystallography
Physics
Biology
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Great Britain
San Francisco (California)
Bogotá (Colombia)
England
Colombia
Spain
Institutions
National Institute of Health (U.S.)
Stanford University
University of Manchester
Cambridge University
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