{"product_id":"little-people-big-dreams-rosalind-franklin-isabel-sanchez-vegara","title":"Little People, Big Dreams: Rosalind Franklin - Isabel Sanchez Vegara","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-collateral box-collateral title\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-collateral box-collateral title\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis little biography of Rosalind Franklin tells the inspiring tale of the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003escientist who was crucial to the discovery of the double helix in DNA.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLittle Rosalind was born in London to a Jewish family who valued education and public service, and as she grew up her huge intellect was drawn to science. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaving studied physics and chemistry at Cambridge University, Rosalind moved to Paris to perfect her life’s work in X-ray crystallography. She then moved back to King’s College London, where she would work on \u003c\/span\u003efinding the structure of DNA\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith Maurice Wilkins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was Rosalind’s 'photo 51' that was used by Wilkins to create the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efirst ever double helix DNA model\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith Francis Crick, but he did not credit for her work due to a falling out, and her work went unacknowledged until after her death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHowever, today she is revered as the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eforgotten heroine of the study of how DNA works, and the 'Sylvia Plath of molecular biology'.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nzweekend.com\/collections\/little-people-big-dreams-books\" title=\"Little People Big Dreams books at Scout \u0026amp; Co\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle People, Big Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e books series portrays the inspiring lives of artists, designers, activists and scientists in a super-accessible way with sweet illustrations and by focusing on when they started out as children with a dream. Each book has a biographical timeline with historical photographs and extra facts, too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39440812605498,"sku":"126818","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/1805\/products\/Little-People-Big-Dreams-Rosalind-Franklin-Isabel-Sanchez-Vegara-Scout-and-Co.jpg?v=1635155694","url":"https:\/\/nzweekend.com\/products\/little-people-big-dreams-rosalind-franklin-isabel-sanchez-vegara","provider":"Scout \u0026 Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}