Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

{{short description|Book by Brenda Maddox}}

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| author = Brenda Maddox

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| language = English

| subject = Rosalind Franklin

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| published = 2002

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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA is a biography of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist whose work helped discover the structure of DNA.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jun/15/featuresreviews.guardianreview15 |title= In the shadow of the men|first=Hilary |last=Rose|date= 15 June 2002 |work= The Guardian }}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/books/not-so-elementary-watson.html |title= Not So Elementary, Watson|author= Robin Marantz Henig|date= 29 September 2002|work=New York Times}} It was written by Brenda Maddox and published by HarperCollins in October 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-01/who-discovered-dna|title=Who Discovered DNA?|work=Popular Science | first= Rebecca|last= Skloot |date=14 January 2003}}

A play based in part on the book, Photograph 51 written by Anna Ziegler, was staged in London in 2015 starring Nicole Kidman.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/nicole-kidman-in-photograph-51-the-actress-is-back-in-the-west-end-playing-dna-pioneer-rosalind-10483839.html|title=Nicole Kidman back in the West End playing Rosalind Franklin|date=2 September 2015|first=Nick|last=Clark|work=The Independent}}