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a IN THE summer of 1955 , I arranged to join some friends who were going into the Alps . Alfred Tissieres , then a Fellow at King's , had said he would get me to the top of the Rothorn , and even though I panic at I voids this did not ...
a IN THE summer of 1955 , I arranged to join some friends who were going into the Alps . Alfred Tissieres , then a Fellow at King's , had said he would get me to the top of the Rothorn , and even though I panic at I voids this did not ...
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At this time molecular work on DNA in England was , for all practical purposes , the personal property of Maurice Wilkins , a bachelor who worked in London at King's College . * Like Francis , Maurice had been a physicist and also used ...
At this time molecular work on DNA in England was , for all practical purposes , the personal property of Maurice Wilkins , a bachelor who worked in London at King's College . * Like Francis , Maurice had been a physicist and also used ...
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On the day following the visit from King's , a hard look was given both to the ill - fated three - chain affair and to a number of possible variants . One couldn't be sure , but the impression was there that any model placing the sugar ...
On the day following the visit from King's , a hard look was given both to the ill - fated three - chain affair and to a number of possible variants . One couldn't be sure , but the impression was there that any model placing the sugar ...
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User Review - tgraettinger - LibraryThingWonderful account of the discovery of DNA. Had almost the feel of a detective novel. It's a very easy, quick read. If you can find it, there is a video, "The Race for the Double Helix" aka "Life Story ... Read full review
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User Review - pramodghuge - LibraryThingA very personal account by the author James Watson on how he and his colleague Francis Crick with the help of others beat Linus Pauling to win the coveted Nobel prize for identifying the structure of ... Read full review
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| Title | The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Scientific American modern classics |
| Author | James D. Watson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Scientific American Modern Classics, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1582881170, 9781582881171 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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