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Francis was always eager to continue our conversations , while I joyously seized every opportunity to escape from the ... Instead , dinner was often gay , especially after the wine turned the conversation to the currently talked about ...
Francis was always eager to continue our conversations , while I joyously seized every opportunity to escape from the ... Instead , dinner was often gay , especially after the wine turned the conversation to the currently talked about ...
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Most of the conversation centered instead on Dorothy's recent work with insulin . Since darkness was coming on , there seemed no point in wasting more of her time . We then moved on to Magdalen , where we were to have tea with Avrion ...
Most of the conversation centered instead on Dorothy's recent work with insulin . Since darkness was coming on , there seemed no point in wasting more of her time . We then moved on to Magdalen , where we were to have tea with Avrion ...
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The mating habits of bacteria were admittedly a unique conversation piece -absolutely no one in his and Odile's social circle would guess bacteria had sex lives . On the other hand , working out how they did it was best left to minor ...
The mating habits of bacteria were admittedly a unique conversation piece -absolutely no one in his and Odile's social circle would guess bacteria had sex lives . On the other hand , working out how they did it was best left to minor ...
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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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