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Page 147
As the fall progressed , I remained ensnared by bacterial matings , often going up
to London to talk with Bill Hayes at his Hammersmith Hospital lab . My mind
snapped back to DNA on the evenings when I managed to catch Maurice for
dinner ...
As the fall progressed , I remained ensnared by bacterial matings , often going up
to London to talk with Bill Hayes at his Hammersmith Hospital lab . My mind
snapped back to DNA on the evenings when I managed to catch Maurice for
dinner ...
Page 148
The situation with Rosy remained as sticky as ever . Upon his return from Brazil ,
the unmistakable impression was given that she considered collaboration even
more impossible than before . Thus , for relief , Maurice had taken up interference
...
The situation with Rosy remained as sticky as ever . Upon his return from Brazil ,
the unmistakable impression was given that she considered collaboration even
more impossible than before . Thus , for relief , Maurice had taken up interference
...
Page 224
Herman Kalckar has come to this country as professor of biochemistry at Harvard
Medical School , while John Kendrew and Max Perutz both have remained in
Cambridge , where they continue their X - ray work on proteins , for which they ...
Herman Kalckar has come to this country as professor of biochemistry at Harvard
Medical School , while John Kendrew and Max Perutz both have remained in
Cambridge , where they continue their X - ray work on proteins , for which they ...
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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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