Word: meselson
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...Meselson is modest about his scientific discoveries. “If you don’t make them, someone else will,” he said...
Born in Denver, Meselson moved to Los Angeles when he was two years old. He said he spent hours in his basement laboratory and always loved science. “I never thought of anything else,” he said...
...Meselson, 74, is best known for the 1958 Meselson-Stahl experiment, taught in biology classes around the world. The experiment showed that when DNA is separated into two strands, new strands are synthesized to match the old—an idea that was proposed by Watson and Crick, but not proven until Meselson’s experiment...
...Meselson left high school a year-and-a-half early, and never earned a diploma because he hadn’t taken the three requisite physical education classes. He entered the University of Chicago, and graduated with a degree in philosophy because at the time the school didn’t offer bachelor’s degrees in chemistry. But he didn’t give up on biology...
...could call it a philosophical motivation,” Meselson said. “What is the secret of life? This magical thing that was DNA. And even before the structure of DNA was known, me and other people were fascinated by how other atoms can create life. It was that tingle—trying to understand what made inanimate matter living...