DNA - Secret of Photo 51
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Adult
- Subjects: Biology
- Produced By: WGBH
- Year: 2000
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 2h 50m
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NOVA investigates the shocking truth behind the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and presents a moving portrait of a brilliant woman in an era of male-dominated science-Rosalind Franklin. Watson and Crick had seen a crucial piece of her data without her permission, an X-ray image, ''Photo 51,'' that proved to be a vital clue in their decoding of the double helix. Narrated by Sigourney Weaver.