[Verse 1] In a lab with X-rays bright, Franklin aimed her beam just right At crystals made of DNA, to see what secrets they would say The patterns danced across her screen, mysterious and unseen Photo Fifty-One held the key, to life's greatest mystery [Chorus] Fourier transforms decode the light Turn scattered rays to structure bright From diffraction comes the truth we see The double helix, spiraling free X-pattern tells the twisted tale Math and science never fail [Verse 2] The X-ray hits the crystal face, atoms scatter light through space Each reflection tells a story, of molecular territory But raw data's just a maze, needs algorithms to decode the rays Fourier analysis shows the way, from chaos comes the grand display [Chorus] Fourier transforms decode the light Turn scattered rays to structure bright From diffraction comes the truth we see The double helix, spiraling free X-pattern tells the twisted tale Math and science never fail [Bridge] Watson, Crick took Franklin's work Used her data in the murk Built a model, claimed the fame But the algorithms stayed the same Crystallography's the tool Mathematics makes the rule [Verse 3] Now we see proteins unfold, their secrets ready to be told Drug design and medicine, all started with that X-ray spin From one mystery solved so well, countless others we can tell The structure of our DNA, algorithms showed the way [Chorus] Fourier transforms decode the light Turn scattered rays to structure bright From diffraction comes the truth we see The double helix, spiraling free X-pattern tells the twisted tale Math and science never fail [Outro] When mysteries hide in scattered beams Mathematics reveals the dreams Transform the data, find the shape Let algorithms help escape The puzzle of our DNA Solved by math that lights the way
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