alt Hacker News> But really, how much does it matter? It seems like the four of them each contributed a lot. The Nobel prize only went to the other three, in large part because Franklin died before it was given out.
A Nobel can only be split among 3. Agree with the rest of your post.
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aeternum • today at 2:49 AM
Helical proteins are quite ubiquitous in biology, that part of the discovery seems inconsequential.
Seems to me that #3 is the whole story. That was the key insight, the thing that was never known before. The secret to how life replicates.
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It also is not awarded posthumously. She was out of contention, which made it a lot easier to decide which three of the four to honor.