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If his memory served him right , these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in equal amounts . Excitedly he told Griffith that I had recently muttered to him some odd results of Chargaff's ...
If his memory served him right , these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in equal amounts . Excitedly he told Griffith that I had recently muttered to him some odd results of Chargaff's ...
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Also Francis did not like the fact that the structure gave no explanation for the Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however , maintained my lukewarm response to Chargaff's data .
Also Francis did not like the fact that the structure gave no explanation for the Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however , maintained my lukewarm response to Chargaff's data .
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... his crystallographic advice and was prepared to exchange unconcealed hostility for conversation between equals . ... Maurice and Randall were connected with her understandable need for being equal to the people she worked with .
... his crystallographic advice and was prepared to exchange unconcealed hostility for conversation between equals . ... Maurice and Randall were connected with her understandable need for being equal to the people she worked with .
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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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