The Secret of Life Quotes

“the women of Cambridge were forced to accept their secondary status each day by taking seats in a segregated section (the front row) of the classroom.”
― Howard Markel, The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

“A dismissive comment scrawled on too many transcripts explained such sorry matters well: “Good, but female.”
― Howard Markel, The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

“What Wilkins could not eclipse was his utterly inept relations with women.”
― Howard Markel, The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

“Perhaps the most egregious example of this behavior was Watson’s “borrowing” of Rosalind Franklin’s data, without her knowledge, to complete the puzzle.”
― Howard Markel, The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix