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24 Feb 2017: helix' structure by Francis Crick and James Watson.

22 Dec 2005: Smithsonian honour for Hawking. Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, received the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. ... Sculpting the origins of life. A sculpture of the double helix structure

25 Apr 2003: At the University of Cambridge in 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick deduced the structure of DNA in the Medical Research Council unit at the Cavendish Laboratory. ... James Watson had found the secret of life.

8 Feb 2002: James Watson (with Maurice Wilkins) won the Medicine prize for their work on the structure of DNA.

13 Jan 2003: 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the proposals, by James Watson and Francis Crick, of the double helical structure of DNA and this exhibition explores visual representations of the double helix. ... The exhibition includes a full-scale replica of the

28 Feb 2023: From 'Cambridge 800: An Informal Panorama' by Quentin Blake. Francis Crick’s announcement to patrons of The Eagle pub that he and James Watson had "discovered the secret of life", the ... A significant point is that Watson and Crick were both theorists,

28 Aug 2008: Guest scientists have included Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and James Watson.

14 Mar 2024: The trail will take you past Colleges and Departments as well as a trip past The Eagle pub where Francis Crick and James Watson announced they had "discovered the secret of

5 Dec 2013: Alumni include naturalist Sir David Attenborough, novelist Peter Ackroyd CBE, writer Allison Pearson, musicians Dr John Rutter CBE, Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Richard Stilgoe, and Nobel Prize winners Sir James ... Watson and Sir Tim Hunt.

29 Jul 2004: Chicago-born James Watson, who had just arrived at the Cavendish, was particularly interested in the structure of nucleic acids and proteins; Crick believed that DNA was the means by which ... We are grateful that Cambridge provided the intellectual