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On the other hand , it was equally obvious that I had not done anything which was going to tell us what a gene was or how it reproduced . And unless I became a chemist , I could not see how I would I thus welcomed Herman's suggestion ...
On the other hand , it was equally obvious that I had not done anything which was going to tell us what a gene was or how it reproduced . And unless I became a chemist , I could not see how I would I thus welcomed Herman's suggestion ...
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On the other hand , there was absolutely no evidence against our hunch . If only the King's groups had thought about models , they would have asked which salt was present would not be placed in this tiresome position .
On the other hand , there was absolutely no evidence against our hunch . If only the King's groups had thought about models , they would have asked which salt was present would not be placed in this tiresome position .
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Later that evening , when the geneticist Boris Ephrussi brought up my love affair with Cambridge , Delbrück threw up his hands in disgust . The sensation of the meeting was the unexpected appearance of Linus . Possibly because there had ...
Later that evening , when the geneticist Boris Ephrussi brought up my love affair with Cambridge , Delbrück threw up his hands in disgust . The sensation of the meeting was the unexpected appearance of Linus . Possibly because there had ...
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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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