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Khan Academy: Crick, Watson, and Franklin ArticleKhan Academy: Crick, Watson, and Franklin Article
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Khan Academy
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9th - 10th
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Khan Academy: Crick, Watson, and Franklin

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This article describes the race to unlock the mystery of life by determining the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. The discovery of DNA and its structure is an example of collective learning.

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deoxyribonucleic acid, diffraction, dna

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collective learning, double helix, francis crick, james watson, khan academy, linus pauling, rosalind franklin, x-ray crystallography, structure of dna

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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