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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There was in addition Roy Markham's assurance that , if Chargaff said that guanine equaled cytosine , he was equally certain it did not . In Markham's eyes , Chargaff's experimental methods inevitably underestimated the true amount of ...
There was in addition Roy Markham's assurance that , if Chargaff said that guanine equaled cytosine , he was equally certain it did not . In Markham's eyes , Chargaff's experimental methods inevitably underestimated the true amount of ...
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For the past two years this DNA was said to have the strange property of lacking cytosine , a feature obviously impossible for our model . But Wyatt now said that he , together with Seymour Cohen and Al Hershey , had evidence ...
For the past two years this DNA was said to have the strange property of lacking cytosine , a feature obviously impossible for our model . But Wyatt now said that he , together with Seymour Cohen and Al Hershey , had evidence ...
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5 - hydroxy - methyl cytosine should hydrogen - bond like cytosine . Also pleasing was the great accuracy of the data , which illustrated better than any previous analytical work the equality of adenine with thymine and guanine with ...
5 - hydroxy - methyl cytosine should hydrogen - bond like cytosine . Also pleasing was the great accuracy of the data , which illustrated better than any previous analytical work the equality of adenine with thymine and guanine with ...
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User Review - labfs39 - LibraryThingJames D. Watson was 24 years old when he and Francis Crick published their paper announcing the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953. Nine years later they would be awarded the Nobel Prize, along ... Read full review
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User Review - atozgrl - LibraryThingA surprisingly easy read. The chapters are short and the writing style is breezy. It's a very personal account of James Watson's experiences studying overseas and his efforts, along with others, to ... Read full review
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| Title | The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
| Author | James D. Watson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Touchstone, 2001 |
| ISBN | 074321630X, 9780743216302 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / General Science / History Science / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology Science / Reference |
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