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is able to share so intimately in the researcher ' s struggles and doubts and final
triumph . Then again , the story is a poignant example of a dilemma which may
confront an investigator . He knows that a colleague has been working for years
on ...
is able to share so intimately in the researcher ' s struggles and doubts and final
triumph . Then again , the story is a poignant example of a dilemma which may
confront an investigator . He knows that a colleague has been working for years
on ...
Page 93
Afterwards we could go to the Eagle for lunch , leaving the afternoon free to
discuss how we could all proceed with the final phases of the problem . The first
part of the show ran on schedule . Francis saw no reason to understate the power
of ...
Afterwards we could go to the Eagle for lunch , leaving the afternoon free to
discuss how we could all proceed with the final phases of the problem . The first
part of the show ran on schedule . Francis saw no reason to understate the power
of ...
Page 103
Dick Mitchison met the Campbelltown bus at the turnoff for Carradale to drive us
the final twenty hilly miles to the tiny Scottish fishing village where he and Naomi
had lived for the past twenty years . Dinner was still going on as we emerged ...
Dick Mitchison met the Campbelltown bus at the turnoff for Carradale to drive us
the final twenty hilly miles to the tiny Scottish fishing village where he and Naomi
had lived for the past twenty years . Dinner was still going on as we emerged ...
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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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