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Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day
Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education
Churchill History Lecture Series: The Secret of Life
Thu 20 October 2022
Churchill College
Join and hear Howard Markel, author of The Secret of Life – Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix, speak at this event.
James Watson and Francis Crick’s 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But in truth, five towering minds were in pursuit of this advancement: Watson, Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, and Linus Pauling. This lecture re-creates the intense intellectual journey, and fraught personal relationships, that ultimately led to a spectacular breakthrough. Rosalind Franklin—fiercely determined, relentless, and an outsider at Cambridge and the University of London in the 1950s, as the lone Jewish woman among young male scientists—emerges as a focal point. Howard Markel will present a narrative of this landmark discovery, finally giving the woman at the centre of this drama her due.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
Booking is optional.
No booking required for in-person event, registration required for livestream. See https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/howard-markel-the-secret-of-life/
Enquiries: Churchill Archives Centre Website Email: archives@chu.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 336087