The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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Herman had completely misled me . For the first six weeks in Naples I was constantly cold . The official temperature is often much less relevant than the absence of central heating . Neither the Zoological Station nor my decaying room ...
Herman had completely misled me . For the first six weeks in Naples I was constantly cold . The official temperature is often much less relevant than the absence of central heating . Neither the Zoological Station nor my decaying room ...
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Here I first sensed the vitality of English intellectual life , so completely absent during my initial days in my Victorian room several hundred yards away on Jesus Green . They had then been married for three years .
Here I first sensed the vitality of English intellectual life , so completely absent during my initial days in my Victorian room several hundred yards away on Jesus Green . They had then been married for three years .
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The second paragraph gave the news that I had been awarded a completely new fellowship . I was not , however , to be let off merely with the long period of uncertainty . The second fellowship was not for the customary twelve - month ...
The second paragraph gave the news that I had been awarded a completely new fellowship . I was not , however , to be let off merely with the long period of uncertainty . The second fellowship was not for the customary twelve - month ...
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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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