which scientist took x-ray pictures of the structure of dna?
In 1962, James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the shape of DNA. Photo 51 was an X-ray diffraction image that gave them some crucial pieces of information. It was only after seeing this photo that Watson and Crick realized that DNA must have a double helical structure. The problem was that Photo 51 was actually made by Rosalind Franklin.