James watson

James D. Watson is one of the scientists credited with the discovery of the 'double helix', the structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid, along with other influential scientists such as Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. Born in 1928, Watson worked at Cambridge and Copenhagen, where together with Francis Crick, they worked to solve DNAs structure. Using X-Ray diffraction images by Roslind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, along side molecular model techniques used by Linus Pauling, the two slowly built up a picture of DNAs form, as well as shedding light on its function. The two were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962 .