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Page 72
The fact that I , a phage person , found what he was doing important was
reassuring . It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow
physicist . Even when he met those who thought his decision to go into biology
made sense , he ...
The fact that I , a phage person , found what he was doing important was
reassuring . It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow
physicist . Even when he met those who thought his decision to go into biology
made sense , he ...
Page 121
When I tried to corner Pirie about Schramm ' s experiments he said they should
be dismissed , and so I retreated to the politically less controversial point of
whether the 3000 Å length of many TMV particles was biologically important . The
idea ...
When I tried to corner Pirie about Schramm ' s experiments he said they should
be dismissed , and so I retreated to the politically less controversial point of
whether the 3000 Å length of many TMV particles was biologically important . The
idea ...
Page 197
This had the important consequence that a given chain could contain both
purines and pyrimidines . At the same time , it strongly suggested that the
backbones of the two chains must run in opposite directions . The question then
became ...
This had the important consequence that a given chain could contain both
purines and pyrimidines . At the same time , it strongly suggested that the
backbones of the two chains must run in opposite directions . The question then
became ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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