The rally monkey came to national and world-wide attention during the Angels' appearance in the 2002 World Series, again against the San Francisco Giants. In the sixth game, the Angels were playing at home, but were trailing the series 3-2 and facing elimination.
Previously, polystyrene was the largest stable synthetic molecule, at 40 million hydrogen masses. To create their molecular giant, SchlÃ¼ter and his colleagues started with standard polymerisation, in which smaller molecules join up to form a long chain.
Also in 1953, Crick and an American scientist named James Watson made what was probably the biggest discovery of their careers, which was the structure of the DNA molecule. This effort led both men (along with Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin) to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.