Lines of Thought: From Darwin to DNA

The idea that characteristics could be passed from one generation to another was crucial to Charles Darwin’s theory of how new forms of life develop.
In the 1950s the structure of DNA, the compound that encodes genetic information, was finally deciphered by Francis Crick, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, all of whom were working in or trained in Cambridge.
Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary with an exhibition of priceless treasures communicating 4,000 years of human thought. To celebrate, we have made six films on the six distinct themes featured in Lines of Thought. exhibitions.li...
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University Museum of Zoology
Darwin images - By kind permission of the Darwin family
Rosalind Franklin manuscript - By kind permission of Jenifer Glynn
Francis Crick PhD - By kind permission of Gabrielle Crick
Watson and Crick portrait - Photographed by Antony Barrington Brown (Caius 1948) at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Reproduced by permission of the Master and Fellows

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