Born: August 11th 1905
Died: June 20th, 2002
In 1949, Chargaff received the Pasture Medal and in 1974, he received the National Medal of Science. Erwin felt he should have been recognized as much as James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for his contribution to the structure of DNA. In other words, he felt he should have shared the Nobel Prize with these other men.
Famous Publications:
"Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature."
"Serious Questions, An ABC of Sceptical Reflections."
Contributions to the world of genetics:
Chargaff's rules: The rule stating the amount of guanine is equal to the amount of cytosine and the number of adenine is equal to the number of thymine.
The second law states the make up of DNA varies from one species to the next.
He explained his research to Watson and Crick which helped to their discovery of the structure of DNA.
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