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From: bds@lzaz.ATT.COM (B.SZABLAK)
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Subject: Re: Nobel Prizes
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Date: 28 Oct 88 12:45:25 GMT
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In article <22172@beta.lanl.gov>, cgl@beta.lanl.gov (C G Langton) writes:
> 
> Although not within the last 10 years, I know that a great many 
> people feel that Rosalind Franklin should have shared the Nobel
> Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA.

My understanding is that Rosalind Franklin died prior to the awarding
of the prize, and that the Nobel prize cannot be awarded posthumously nor
can it be shared by more than 3 recipients (rules established by Nobel).