The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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... knew that genes could crystallize ; hence they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward fashion . Immediately I began to won- der whether it would be possible for me to join Wil- kins in working on DNA ...
... knew that genes could crystallize ; hence they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward fashion . Immediately I began to won- der whether it would be possible for me to join Wil- kins in working on DNA ...
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... knew I would not leave Cambridge for a long time . Departing would be idiocy , for I had immediately discovered the fun of talking to Francis Crick . Finding someone in Max's lab who knew that DNA was more important than pro- teins was ...
... knew I would not leave Cambridge for a long time . Departing would be idiocy , for I had immediately discovered the fun of talking to Francis Crick . Finding someone in Max's lab who knew that DNA was more important than pro- teins was ...
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... knew that I had made the right decision . In the evenings there was no way to avoid intellec- tual games , which gave the greatest advantage to a large vocabulary . Every time my limpid contribution was read , I wanted to sink behind my ...
... knew that I had made the right decision . In the evenings there was no way to avoid intellec- tual games , which gave the greatest advantage to a large vocabulary . Every time my limpid contribution was read , I wanted to sink behind my ...
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