How Should Science Be Done

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In the movie “The Race for the Double Helix” demostrates how James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of the DNA by gathering information from other scientists. In this movie, it is shown that there are ways of doing science, and stealing is certainly not an appropriate one. However, following what is appropriate is not always the best as shown by this movie. There was dishonesty but also will from Watson and Crick to gather the information in order for them to get their own conclusion and become famous, which is their true goal. Whether or not their way of making such a discovery is seen as offensive for other scientists, by them bringing the pieces together they were able to make a huge discovery and help humanity at the end. It is okay to use any methods to come up with huge findings, because when a discovery like the structure of DNA is found, it helps humanity at the end rather than one individual. There are teams involved in this competition; James Watson and Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. Competition is always good, especially for scientists involved in possible great breakthroughs in science.

Because Watson and Crick’s discovery has been significant to the world, it is okay to use any means, whether or not Watson and Crick’s way of doing it was immoral and disrespectful. When several scientist are working on a case, it is of great help for someone else to see what their results are, but also it is very important to have hypothesis and be a good analytic in order to discard erroneous solutions. The discovery of Watson and Crick of the model of DNA structure explains that the DNA has a double helix structure. To come to this conclusion, Watson and Crick took information from Pauling ...

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...epted, it is okay because of their contribution to the understanding the secret of life. It is fine to utilize any methods that are used when making huge discoveries because those can benefit humanity at the end instead of one individual only. Both of the teams in this competition together with all other sources that were used contributed in such a finding, especially those who had the will and the dream to do it.

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Bailey, A. (2003). Who was .... Rosalind Franklin?. Biologist, 50(2), 92. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Parshall, Gerald. "Double-teaming the double helix." U.S. News & World Report 125.7 (1988): 72. Print.

Race for the Double Helix [VHS]. Dir. Mick Jackson. Perf. Jeff Goldblum, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Howard. Artemis Entertainmen, 1994. VHS.

Watson, James D.. "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." Molecular structure of nucleic acid.

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