Synopsis

On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick announced their revolutionary discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule fundamental to heredity and often called the "secret of life." Yet, their pivotal breakthrough hinged on the pioneering work of another biologist: Rosalind Franklin. She would never learn that Watson and Crick had examined a critical piece of her data without her consent—an X-ray image known as "Photo 51"—which proved essential to deciphering the double hel