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For almost forty years Bragg , a Nobel Prize winner and one of the founders of crystallogra- phy , had been watching X - ray diffraction methods . solve structures of ever - increasing difficulty . * The more complex the molecule ...
For almost forty years Bragg , a Nobel Prize winner and one of the founders of crystallogra- phy , had been watching X - ray diffraction methods . solve structures of ever - increasing difficulty . * The more complex the molecule ...
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No one should mind if , by spending only a few hours a week thinking about DNA , he helped me solve a smashingly important problem . As a consequence , John Kendrew soon realized that I was unlikely to help him solve the myoglobin ...
No one should mind if , by spending only a few hours a week thinking about DNA , he helped me solve a smashingly important problem . As a consequence , John Kendrew soon realized that I was unlikely to help him solve the myoglobin ...
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The idea of using tinker - toy - like models to solve biological structures was clearly a last resort . Of course Rosy knew of Linus ' success but saw no obvious reason to ape his mannerisms . The measure of his past triumphs was ...
The idea of using tinker - toy - like models to solve biological structures was clearly a last resort . Of course Rosy knew of Linus ' success but saw no obvious reason to ape his mannerisms . The measure of his past triumphs was ...
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User Review - Devil_llama - LibraryThingJames Watson's love letter to himself, as he explains to us exactly how he single-handedly solved the structure of DNA, with the insignificant help of a cast of baboons, clowns, and women. Watson's ... 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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