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Lunch after lunch , the facts were put together to form theories which held for a
day or so , until Hugh could convince Francis that a result he would like ascribed
to experimental error was as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar . Now the construction
...
Lunch after lunch , the facts were put together to form theories which held for a
day or so , until Hugh could convince Francis that a result he would like ascribed
to experimental error was as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar . Now the construction
...
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literature , there was a chance that something might pop out of lunch or teatime
conversations . But if I went back to pure biology , the advantage of our small
headstart over Linus might suddenly vanish . At this time there was still a nagging
...
literature , there was a chance that something might pop out of lunch or teatime
conversations . But if I went back to pure biology , the advantage of our small
headstart over Linus might suddenly vanish . At this time there was still a nagging
...
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... the obvious fact that the implications of its existence were far too important to
risk crying wolf . Thus I felt slightly queasy when at lunch Francis winged into the
Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life
.
... the obvious fact that the implications of its existence were far too important to
risk crying wolf . Thus I felt slightly queasy when at lunch Francis winged into the
Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life
.
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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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