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Page 52
... about each other . If true , then before serious model building began , a
decision would have to be made whether the chains would be held together by
hydrogen bonds or by salt linkages involving the negatively charged phosphate
groups .
... about each other . If true , then before serious model building began , a
decision would have to be made whether the chains would be held together by
hydrogen bonds or by salt linkages involving the negatively charged phosphate
groups .
Page 95
With this accomplished , another round of model building could start and , given
luck , it might occur by Christmas . Our subsequent after - lunch walk into King ' s
and along the backs to Trinity did not , however , reveal any converts . Rosy and ...
With this accomplished , another round of model building could start and , given
luck , it might occur by Christmas . Our subsequent after - lunch walk into King ' s
and along the backs to Trinity did not , however , reveal any converts . Rosy and ...
Page 179
Again he emphasized that he wanted to put off more model building until Rosy
was gone , six weeks from then . Francis seized the occasion to ask Maurice
whether he would mind if we started to play about with DNA models . When
Maurice ' s ...
Again he emphasized that he wanted to put off more model building until Rosy
was gone , six weeks from then . Francis seized the occasion to ask Maurice
whether he would mind if we started to play about with DNA models . When
Maurice ' s ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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