Book Description The powerful historical biography of a pioneering woman in science From the Back Cover 'A most moving and important biography, as well as an impressive account of a major event in the history of science' Lewis Wolpert, 'Literary Review'Although Rosalind Franklin took the crucial photograph of DNA revealing its double helix structure, her work was overlooked when, four years after her death, three men Maurice Wilkins of King's College London, Francis Crick of the Cavendish Laboratory and James Watson of Cambridge were awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of DNA.