It took eleven years for Pauling to explain the problem: his mathematical analysis was correct, but Astbury's pictures were taken in such a way that the protein molecules were tilted from their expected positions.
Paulingovi zabralo 11 rokov riešenie problému: jeho matematické analýzy boli v poriadku, ale Astburyho obrázky boli zhotovené z takého pohľadu, že proteínové molekuly sa odkláňali z očakávaných pozícií.