Odile Crick First DNA Sketch Artist Dies

2007 July 30
by Hazel

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CBC.ca reports

A Bohemian artist known for her wild parties and paintings of nudes, Crick drew two intertwined ribbons linked by 10 rungs to illustrate her husband’s 1953 article in the journal Nature.

That simple representation of DNA has never been bettered.

Further Reading

Francis Crick’s first DNA sketch online

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