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Page 42
When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here , Sir Lawrence came down from
his office , let me say a few words , and then retired for a private conversation with
Max . A few minutes later they emerged to allow Bragg to give me his formal ...
When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here , Sir Lawrence came down from
his office , let me say a few words , and then retired for a private conversation with
Max . A few minutes later they emerged to allow Bragg to give me his formal ...
Page 136
Later I kept expecting Maurice to search me out , and when he missed dinner I
went up to his room . There I found him lying flat on his stomach , hiding his face
from the dim light I had turned on . Something eaten in Paris had not gone down
...
Later I kept expecting Maurice to search me out , and when he missed dinner I
went up to his room . There I found him lying flat on his stomach , hiding his face
from the dim light I had turned on . Something eaten in Paris had not gone down
...
Page 197
A few minutes later he spotted the fact that the two glycosidic bonds ( joining
base and sugar ) of each base pair were systematically related by a diad axis
perpendicular to the helical axis . Thus , both pairs could be flipflopped over and
still ...
A few minutes later he spotted the fact that the two glycosidic bonds ( joining
base and sugar ) of each base pair were systematically related by a diad axis
perpendicular to the helical axis . Thus , both pairs could be flipflopped over and
still ...
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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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