Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text, entitled ‘The secret pattern’, concerning Wilkins’ first reaction to ‘Photo 51’

Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004

Date:: 1992

Reference:: K/PP178/6/5/8

Part of:: Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)

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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)K/PP178
- Papers of M H F Wilkins relating to the research and writing of Wilkins' autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003)K/PP178/6/1-6
  - Papers of M H F Wilkins: drafts, notes and related papers concerning DNA research, King's College London, chiefly 1950-1953, used in The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003)K/PP178/6/5/1-21
    - Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text, entitled ‘The secret pattern’, concerning Wilkins’ first reaction to ‘Photo 51’K/PP178/6/5/8

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Draft text, entitled ‘The secret pattern’, concerning Wilkins’ reaction to Rosalind Franklin’s DNA x-ray diffraction image of B form DNA, later known as ‘Photo 51’, given to him by Raymond Gosling, Jan 1953. Aspects of this account were used in chapter 8, ‘The double helix’, in Wilkins’ autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003).

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1992

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Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004

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King's College London

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