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Illustrations PHOTOGRAPHS PAGE Crick and Watson , along the backs Francis
in the Cavendish Maurice Wilkins World Wide Photos The microbial genetics
meeting , Copenhagen , March 1951 Linus Pauling Information Office , California
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Illustrations PHOTOGRAPHS PAGE Crick and Watson , along the backs Francis
in the Cavendish Maurice Wilkins World Wide Photos The microbial genetics
meeting , Copenhagen , March 1951 Linus Pauling Information Office , California
...
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... Research Council . A meeting was being arranged for which I was asked to
give a lecture on the growth of viruses . The time of the meeting , to be held in
Williamstown , was the middle of June , only a month after my fellowship would ...
... Research Council . A meeting was being arranged for which I was asked to
give a lecture on the growth of viruses . The time of the meeting , to be held in
Williamstown , was the middle of June , only a month after my fellowship would ...
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... new facts he should pick up . I tried to rescue Maurice ' s morale by bringing
him out to the Abbaye at Royaumont for the week - long meeting on phage
following the biochemical congress . Though his departure for Rio would limit him
to only ...
... new facts he should pick up . I tried to rescue Maurice ' s morale by bringing
him out to the Abbaye at Royaumont for the week - long meeting on phage
following the biochemical congress . Though his departure for Rio would limit him
to only ...
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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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