With the staggering amount of arrogance it took to write that post I'm hardly surprised you don't know when to keep your mouth shut to avoid looking like an asshole.
I thought the speed of light was absolute?
What am I missing here?
Re:Well, since the conclusion of his last book
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if any one cares you can find racial statistics here:
http://studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~e_spenner/ Pages/playerrace.xls
Warning it's in Excel format
According to this review of her biography she was the woman who produced the x-ray data that most strongly supported the DNA structure but was not properly acknowledged for her contributions.
That reveiw further goes on to say that... According to Watson's best-selling 1968 account of the great race, The Double Helix, Franklin was not even a contender, much less a major contributor. He painted her as a mere assistant to Wilkins who "had to go or be put in her place" because she had the audacity to think she might be able to work on DNA on her own. Worse yet, she "did not emphasize her feminine qualities," lamented Watson, who refers to her only as "Rosy." "The thought could not be avoided," he concluded, "that the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab."
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Get over yourself.
I thought the speed of light was absolute? What am I missing here?
if any one cares you can find racial statistics here:/ Pages/playerrace.xls
http://studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~e_spenner
Warning it's in Excel format
According to this review of her biography she was the woman who produced the x-ray data that most strongly supported the DNA structure but was not properly acknowledged for her contributions.
That reveiw further goes on to say that... According to Watson's best-selling 1968 account of the great race, The Double Helix, Franklin was not even a contender, much less a major contributor. He painted her as a mere assistant to Wilkins who "had to go or be put in her place" because she had the audacity to think she might be able to work on DNA on her own. Worse yet, she "did not emphasize her feminine qualities," lamented Watson, who refers to her only as "Rosy." "The thought could not be avoided," he concluded, "that the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab."
Sounds like Watson was *quite* the ladies man =)