Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Can you write a paper on Rosalind Franklin?

FRANKLIN, ROSALIND ELSIE

Chemist/Biologist (1920 - 1957)

"Rosalind Franklin received her degree in Chemistry in 1951 from Cambridge University. It was while working as a research associate for James Randall at King's College that she was the first to recognize the helix shape of DNA." Source: http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/FRANKLIN.html

Tips on writing a biography can be found at :
  1. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/biograph/
  2. http://www.infoplease.com/homework/wsbiography.html
  3. http://homeworktips.about.com/od/biography/a/bio.htm
  4. There are many other other sites on writing biographies. If you need more, use a search engine and look for, "writing a biography."

Post your biography in the comments if you like if your an adult or if your parent/guardian helps you.

Here's an extra assignment:
Many times, people pick on Wikipedia. Others like it very much. What do you think? How does the information found on Wikipedia about Rosalind Franklin compare and contrast with information on other sites or that you found in books or research papers? Have you read any of Rosalind Franklin's original publications?

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