Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Cavendish Laboratory

  • Book review: A Place in History: The Biography of John C. Kendrew

    Arpan K. Banerjee Solihull, United Kingdom   Cover of A Place in History: The Biography of John C. Kendrew by Paul M. Wassarman. Remarkable scientific advances in the twentieth century were also crucial for the field of medicine. In the new field of molecular biology, for example, scientists applied the principles of physics and chemistry…

  • The first description of DNA: A six million dollar letter from Francis to Michael Crick

    Marshall A. Lichtman  Rochester, New York, United States Figure 1. The boyish appearing James Watson (left) and the Francis Crick with their three-dimensional model of DNA in their Cavendish Laboratory office at Cambridge University, United Kingdom. Circa 1953. Photo credit: A. Barrington Brown/Science Photo Library. Via the Rockefeller University Digital Commons. In the April 25,…