Cover of 'The Dawn Fisherman' - new book by Kersten Hall and Ralf Dahm telling the story of how Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA
With coauthor Ralf Dahm, am looking forward to telling Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group how, nearly 100 years before #jameswatson & #franciscrick double-helix, Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA - only to die aged 51 crushed by sense of failure…all told in our new book…#SpringerNature 2026