In order to live up to the promise of the Battle of New Orleans, many American writers called for âemancipationâ from British literary tradition. Which of the following is closest to the typical response of British literary nationalists? a) Nobody reads American books.
A+E Networks. On this day in 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes.
In 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson first described the molecular structure of DNA, which they called a double helix, in the journal Nature.For this breakthrough discovery, Watson, Crick, and their colleague Maurice Wilkins won a Nobel Prize in Physiology, or Medicine, in 1962.n 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson first described the molecular structure of DNA, which they called a double helix, in the journal Nature.