1. “But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” – Rosalind Franklin
2. “The results suggest a helical structure which must be very closely packed containing probably 2, 3 or 4 coaxial nucleic acid chains per helical unit and having the phosphate groups near the outside.” – Rosalind Franklin
3. “You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.” – Rosalind Franklin
4. “I would willingly go more primitive if it were necessary to preserve my freedom.” – Rosalind Franklin
5. “I maintain that faith in this world is perfectly possible without faith in another world.” – Rosalind Franklin
6. “Conclusion: Big helix in several chains, phosphates on outside, phosphate-phosphate inter-helical bonds disrupted by water. Phosphate links available to proteins.” – Rosalind Franklin
7. “We wish to discuss a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid. D.N.A. This structure has novel features which are of considerable biologic interest.” – Rosalind Franklin
8. “My method of thought and reasoning is influenced by scientific training.” – Rosalind Franklin
9. “What’s the use of doing all this work if we don’t get some fun out of this?” – Rosalind Franklin
10. “Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation of life … I do not accept your definition of faith i.e. belief in life after death … Your faith rests on the future of yourself and others as individuals, mine in the future and fate of our successors. It seems to me that yours is the more selfish … [as to] the question of a creator. A creator of what? … I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in our insignificant race in a tiny corner of the universe.” – Rosalind Franklin
11. “Again, I see no reason why the belief that we are insignificant or fortuitous should lessen our faith.” – Rosalind Franklin
12. “Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” – Rosalind Franklin
13. “I agree that faith is essential to success in life but I do not accept your definition of faith, i.e. belief in life after death.” – Rosalind Franklin
14. “Your faith rests on the future of yourself and others as individuals, mine in the future and fate of our successors.” – Rosalind Franklin
15. “In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind.” – Rosalind Franklin
16. “Science, for me, gives an explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.” – Rosalind Franklin
17. “In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success and that success in our aims (the improvement of the lot of mankind, present and future) is worth attaining…I maintain that faith in this world is perfectly possible without faith in another world.” – Rosalind Franklin
18. “I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in our insignificant race in a tiny corner of the universe, and still less in us, as still more insignificant individuals. Again, I see no reason why the belief that we are insignificant or fortuitous should lessen our faith.” – Rosalind Franklin
19. “I would willingly go more primitive if it were necessary to preserve my freedom.” – Rosalind Franklin
