Chemist no. 323 of 350 · Biochemistry

Maurice Wilkins

1916-2004United KingdomNobel Physiology/Medicine 1962

X-ray diffraction studies of DNA

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Maurice Wilkins and the X-ray Evidence for the DNA Helix

How Maurice Wilkins used X-ray diffraction of DNA fibres at King's College London to give the evidence for the double helix. Notes for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Maurice Wilkins: Complete Life and Legacy

Life of Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004): New Zealand-born physicist, Manhattan Project, King's College DNA work, 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and legacy.

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