DNA

"My dear Michael,

Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important discovery.

                             

                                 

             

A letter written by scientist Francis Crick :

describing his discovery of the double helix shape of DNA  8)

has been sold for $5.3m

An anonymous buyer purchased it at a New York auction yesterday !

Crick wrote to his 12-year-old son Michael in March 1953 :

describing the discovery and including a sketch.

Crick received the medal in 1962    8)

                           

This marks the 60th anniversary of the historic discovery of the structure of DNA

and 50 years have passed since Francis Crick was awarded the Nobel Prize.

"Our hope is that, by having it available for display,

it can be an inspiration to the next generation of scientists."