DNA: Secret of Photo 51

• Movie

  Type

• 2007

  Year

• 50m

  Runtime

• History / Documentary

  Genre

On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. But their crucial breakthrough depended on the pioneering work of another biologist, Rosalind Franklin. 50 years later, NOVA investigates the shocking truth behind one of the greatest scientific discoveries and presents a moving portrait of a brilliant woman in an era of male-dominated science.

Cast

Sigourney Weaver

Narrator