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Page 68
Six weeks of listening to Francis had made me realize that the crux of the matter
was whether Rosy ' s new X - ray pictures would lend any support for a helical
DNA structure . The really relevant experimental details were those which might ...
Six weeks of listening to Francis had made me realize that the crux of the matter
was whether Rosy ' s new X - ray pictures would lend any support for a helical
DNA structure . The really relevant experimental details were those which might ...
Page 131
Realizing that this was not the moment for science , he slowly retreated , asking
Griffith to tell him again the pairs produced by his calculations . After scribbling
them down on the back of an envelope , he left . Since I had departed that
morning ...
Realizing that this was not the moment for science , he slowly retreated , asking
Griffith to tell him again the pairs produced by his calculations . After scribbling
them down on the back of an envelope , he left . Since I had departed that
morning ...
Page 160
... until I looked at the illustrations for several minutes . Then I realized that the
phosphate groups in Linus ' model were not ionized , but that each group
contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge . Pauling ' s nucleic
acid in a ...
... until I looked at the illustrations for several minutes . Then I realized that the
phosphate groups in Linus ' model were not ionized , but that each group
contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge . Pauling ' s nucleic
acid in a ...
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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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acid adenine answer argument arranged arrival asked atoms backbone base pairs bases became began biological Bragg building Cambridge Cavendish chemical chemistry coiled coils College completely conversation Crick crystallographic cytosine Delbrück double helix English equal evidence existed experiments face fact final Francis gave genes genetic give given groups guanine hand held helical hope idea immediately important interest John join King's knew later letter Linus London look lunch Maurice meeting mind molecules months Moreover morning moved Nature needed never obvious Pauling Pauling's Peter position possibility problem protein quickly realized reason remained Rosy saying scientific sense solve soon structure success sugar sure talk tell theory thinking thought thymine tion told walked wanted week write X-ray