#francis crick

[funeral]

Francis Crick, The Astonishing Hypothesis

#francis crick #the astonishing hypothesis #quotes #p

[cerebrodigital]

Francis Crick sobre la importancia del cerebro #Frases

#frases #francis crick #cerebro

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"The simple fables of the religious of the world have come to seem like tales told to children." -- Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

#Francis Crick #DNA #bible fables #religion #fairy tales #religion is a mental illness

[foxholeatheists]

"It's beautiful," Crick breathes, erect and standing while admiring the erect and standing model of double-helix DNA, all bases correctly paired as the metal pieces spin a frozen tower heavenward, reaching. Reaching like humanity grasping for God, but now they've finally reached divinity. Once a project of babel, now solved. Finally, it's complete. "Crick," says Watson in that quick way of his, chewing at nothing. "Your crick, is, well, cricked. Your wank is cranked." "Watson, you. God's sake for the last time stop looking at my penis"

#race to the double helix #james watson #francis crick #dna #writing #this is what happened #to me #jeff goldblum

[whats-in-a-sentence]

In 1953, using X-ray diffraction photograph of DNA fibres (figure 7.50) obtained by Rosalind Franklin and New Zealand-born Maurice Wilkins, James Watson and Francis Crick came to the conclusion that the DNA structure consists of the now-famous double helix (see figure 7.51).

"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.

#book quotes #chemistry #nonfiction #textbook #50s #1950s #20th century #x ray diffraction #dna #double helix #rosalind franklin #maurice wilkins #james watson #francis crick

[a-series-of-small-things-blog]

Project #1 for Winter Quarter 2024 - For these pieces, I was inspired by the work of Rosalind Franklin. When Francis Crick and James D. Watson discovered the DNA double helix, they did so using the work of Rosalind Franklin. However, when it was time to give out the Nobel Prize, she was not one of the winners. Despite her being an important member of the team, she was largely forgotten and left out of this important history. As I was deciding what I wanted to do for this project, I kept thinking of her. So, I just started with the double helix. Then, I made another one. These pieces are both made of layers of paint, paper, acrylic medium, string, and pipe cleaner to create a series of distorted and obscured double helixes - none of them quite how they should be. I wanted this to somewhat represent Rosalind and her place in this story. A figure just out of sight for so long, but maybe now coming into focus.

#art #painting #mixed media #rosalind franklin #francis crick #james d watson

[dontcallittimetravel]

Happy birthday to Francis Crick, nobel laureate and serious pain in the neck

#happybirthday #francis crick #double helix

[a-piece-of-carrot-cake]

drew a caricature of Watson and Crick because I don't respect them

#james watson #francis crick #we read Crick article for our Genetic engineering class #he just can't explain clearly what he did #phuuu #personal

[spreadgreatideas]

“It is amateurs who have one big bright beautiful idea that they can never abandon. Professionals know that they have to produce theory after theory before they are likely to hit the jackpot.”

– Francis Crick

Read more Hard Work Quotes: The Importance of Working Hard For Your Goals here https://spreadgreatideas.org/quotes/quotes-hard-work/

#Francis Crick #spreadgreatideas #quote #quotation #quoteoftheday #hardwork #goals

[absolutequeertrash]

a continuously updating list of people i hate

issac newton

percy grainger

carl friedrich gauss

james watson and francis crick

#people i hate #for really no good reason #can you tell im a stem girlie #isaac newton #percy grainger #carl friedrich gauss #james watson #francis crick

[funeral]

Francis Crick, The Astonishing Hypothesis

#francis crick #the astonishing hypothesis #excerpts #neuroscience #p

[tenth-sentence]

It is a Dawkinsian gene with attitude (in its dependence on passing the test of survival through generations); a Mendelian archive (inscribed with the wisdom derived from millions of years of evolutionary adjustment); a Watson-Crick recipe (achieving its effects through the creation of proteins via RNAs); a Jacob-Monod developmental switch (expressing itself only in precisely specified tissues); a Garrodian health-giver (ensuring a healthy developmental outcome in the expected environment); and a De Vriesian pangen (reused in many different developmental programmes in the same species and in others).

"Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human" - Matt Ridley

#book quote #nature via nurture #matt ridley #nonfiction #gene #dawkins #richard dawkins #attitude #mendel #gregor mendel #archive #watson #james watson #crick #francis crick #recipe #rna #jacob #francois jacob #monod #jacques monod #switch #garrod #archibald garrod #health #de vries #hugo de vries #pangen

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"A knowledge of the true age of the earth and of the fossil record makes it impossible for any balanced intellect to believe in the literal truth of every part of the Bible in the way that fundamentalists do. And if some of the Bible is manifestly wrong, why should any of the rest of it be accepted automatically?" -- Francis Crick, "What Mad Pursuit" (1988)

#Francis Crick #bible #christianity #bible study #it's a metaphor #metaphor #metaphorical god #religion #religion is a mental illness

[thepastisalreadywritten]

A bronze statue of a laboratory mouse knitting a double helix of DNA in order to honor all the mice that were sacrificed for genetic research to develop new drugs to fight diseases.

It was designed by Andrew Kharkevich and is located in Siberia, Russia.

The monument was completed on 1 July 2013, coinciding with the 120th anniversary of the founding of the city.

The monument commemorates the sacrifice of the mice in genetic research used to understand biological and physiological mechanisms for developing new drugs and curing diseases.

Sculptor Alexei Agrikolyansky, who created the statue, confessed that it was challenging to capture this moment, as the mouse was obviously not human.

Nevertheless, he had to produce a character with believable emotions while maintaining anatomical proportions, avoiding it looking like a cartoon character or a real mouse.

The DNA spiral emerging from the knitting needles winds to the left, symbolizing the still poorly understood Z-DNA - representing the scientific research that is yet to be done.

In contrast, the more common B-DNA winds to the right.

The very first photograph of DNA was captured by a woman named Rosalind Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) using X-ray technology, allowing James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) and Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) to accurately characterize the double helix.

While they went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962, Franklin was not credited.

Sadly, she had passed away in 1958 from ovarian cancer, most likely caused by the high radiation exposure she endured while working with X-rays to capture the image of the double helix.

🤎🤍🤎

#DNA #mice #genetic research #Andrew Kharkevich #Alexei Agrikolyansky #scientific research #Z-DNA #B-DNA #Rosalind Franklin #James Dewey Watson #Francis Harry Compton Crick #double helix #Nobel Prize #science #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine #laboratory mouse

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Francis Crick pronounced himself in agreement with "practically everything" that Muller had to say, and went on to wonder "why people should have the right to have children". (Perhaps, Crick mused, one might have a "licensing scheme," so that "if the parents were genetically unfavorable, they might be allowed to have only one child, or possibly two under special circumstances.")

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

#book quotes #in the name of eugenics #daniel j kevles #nonfiction #francis crick #in agreement #hermann muller #hermann j muller #licensing #children #eugenics

[darkesttiimelines]

Throughout history, women have left an undeniable impact on society with their hard work, creativity, and dedication to progress. Unfortunately, their accomplishments have often gone unnoticed, been undervalued, or even stolen. Despite these challenges, brave women of today continue to push boundaries, break barriers, and pave the way for a more fair and equal world. It's our duty to keep going, so that future generations of women can inherit a kinder, more just, and supportive world. By following in the footsteps of the incredible women who came before us, we can create a world where every woman can flourish and succeed, and where their contributions are recognized and celebrated.

Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France. She was put on trial by Bishop Pierre Cauchon on accusations of heresy, which included blaspheming by wearing men's clothes, acting upon visions that were demonic, and refusing to submit her words and deeds to the judgment of the church. She was declared guilty and burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, aged about nineteen.

Rani Lakshmibai was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853. She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 became a symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists. When the Maharaja died in 1853, the British East India Company under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie refused to recognize the claim of his adpoted heir and annexed Jhansi under the Doctrine of Lapse. She rode into battle with her infant son strapped to her back, and died in June 1858 after being mortally wounded during the British counterattack at Gwalior.

Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was instrumental in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Her contributions were largely overlooked by her male colleagues, James Watson and Francis Crick, who used her data without her permission or acknowledgement. This theft of her intellectual property and erasure of her contributions is a prime example of the systemic sexism that has historically plagued the scientific community.

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who co-invented a frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology during World War II that was used to guide torpedoes. However, her contributions were largely ignored and dismissed by male engineers and the military at the time. It was only later in life that she received recognition for her scientific achievements.

Emma Weyant is an American competitive swimmer. She was the US national champion at the individual medley. She qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in the 400m individual medley and won the silver medal in this event. Weyant finished second in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. She was beaten by William (Lia) Thomas, a fetishist, who when competing as a member of the Penn men's team, which was 2018-19, ranked 554th in the 200 freestyle, 65th in the 500 freestyle and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle. Weyant is the fastest swimmer in the 500-yard freestyle and had her position stolen by a man.

Maryna Viazovska is a Ukrainian mathematician who made a breakthrough in sphere packing, solving the centuries-old mathematical problem known as the densest packing of spheres in dimensions 8 and 24. She was awarded the Fields Medal in July 2022, making her the second woman (after Maryam Mirzakhani), the second person born in the Ukrainian SSR and the first with a degree from a Ukrainian university to ever receive it.

Hannie Schaft was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II who played a crucial role in the resistance movement against Nazi occupation. Schaft was a former university student who dropped out because she refused to sign a pledge of loyalty to Germany. Nazis arrested and killed her in 1945, just three weeks before the war ended in Europe. According to lore, Schaft’s last words were, “I’m a better shot,” after initially only being wounded by her executioner.

Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mathematician and mental calculator who was known as the "Human Computer" for her exceptional ability to perform complex mathematical calculations in her head. Her extraordinary abilities earned her a place in the 1982 Guinness Book of Records. Her lesser known achievement is that in 1977 she wrote what is considered to be the first book in India on homosexuality titled “The World of Homosexuals.”  

J. K. Rowling is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. Known for her philanthropy, she was doxxed and harassed after coming out with support for women's and gay rights in 2020. Rowling secretly donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to save 100 female lawyers and their families facing murder in Afghanistan. In 2022, she funded a women's only rape shelter in Edinburgh.

#this post was inspired by me being absolutely sick of trans activists claiming that joan of arc/rani lakshmibai/insert literally any other #strong woman #is actually a trans man #they were no man at all #women have been brave and strong and amazing throughout history #and they still are #if only you'd get your head out of your ass to take a look #radical feminism #radblr #terf #trans #misogny #i am no man