The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNAThe classic personal account of Watson and Crick’s groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA, now with an introduction by Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty-four, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world-class researchers to solve one of science’s greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick’s desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. Never has a scientist been so truthful in capturing in words the flavor of his work. |
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... Cavendish PAGE 5 II Maurice Wilkins World Wide Photos The microbial genetics meeting , Copenhagen , March 19 1951 Linus Pauling 27 37 Information Office , California Institute of Technology Sir Lawrence Bragg 59 Rosalind Franklin 71 X ...
... Cavendish PAGE 5 II Maurice Wilkins World Wide Photos The microbial genetics meeting , Copenhagen , March 19 1951 Linus Pauling 27 37 Information Office , California Institute of Technology Sir Lawrence Bragg 59 Rosalind Franklin 71 X ...
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... Cavendish would not be completely satisfac- tory . They had been constructed by John some eight- een months before , for the work on the three- dimensional shape of the polypeptide chain . There existed no accurate representations of ...
... Cavendish would not be completely satisfac- tory . They had been constructed by John some eight- een months before , for the work on the three- dimensional shape of the polypeptide chain . There existed no accurate representations of ...
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... Cavendish . This supertube permitted me to take pictures twenty times faster than with conventional equipment . Within a week I more than doubled the number of my TMV photographs . Custom then locked the doors of the Cavendish at 10:00 ...
... Cavendish . This supertube permitted me to take pictures twenty times faster than with conventional equipment . Within a week I more than doubled the number of my TMV photographs . Custom then locked the doors of the Cavendish at 10:00 ...
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