The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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Moreover , it was increasingly difficult to take Maurice ' s mind off his assistant ,
Rosalind Franklin . Not that he was at all in love with Rosy , as we called her from
a distance . Just the opposite — almost from the moment she arrived in Maurice ...
Moreover , it was increasingly difficult to take Maurice ' s mind off his assistant ,
Rosalind Franklin . Not that he was at all in love with Rosy , as we called her from
a distance . Just the opposite — almost from the moment she arrived in Maurice ...
Page 48
Moreover , it was a great relief for me not to spend full time learning X - ray
analysis of proteins . Our lunch conversations quickly centered on how genes
were put together . Within a few days after my arrival , we knew what to do :
imitate Linus ...
Moreover , it was a great relief for me not to spend full time learning X - ray
analysis of proteins . Our lunch conversations quickly centered on how genes
were put together . Within a few days after my arrival , we knew what to do :
imitate Linus ...
Page 125
Moreover , it was not obvious that even the most backbreaking effort would give
within several years the structure of the RNA component . The way to DNA was
not through TMV . The moment was thus appropriate to think seriously about
some ...
Moreover , it was not obvious that even the most backbreaking effort would give
within several years the structure of the RNA component . The way to DNA was
not through TMV . The moment was thus appropriate to think seriously about
some ...
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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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User Review - ajlewis2 - LibraryThingI read about a third of it. I found the story wandered and wasn't clear. His treatment of Rosalind Franklin sounded like something written in the 1950s. It was at that point that I decided the book ... Read full review
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