The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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A new opportunity to theorize soon brought Francis back to normal form . Several
days after the fiasco with Bragg , the crystallographer V . Vand sent Max a letter
containing a theory for the diffraction of X rays by helical molecules . Helices ...
A new opportunity to theorize soon brought Francis back to normal form . Several
days after the fiasco with Bragg , the crystallographer V . Vand sent Max a letter
containing a theory for the diffraction of X rays by helical molecules . Helices ...
Page 152
... to one of her sherry parties and meet her current crop of foreign girls . Odile
promised to ring Pop to see if lessons could be arranged , and I cycled back to
college with the hope that soon my stomach pains would have reason to vanish .
... to one of her sherry parties and meet her current crop of foreign girls . Odile
promised to ring Pop to see if lessons could be arranged , and I cycled back to
college with the hope that soon my stomach pains would have reason to vanish .
Page 174
As soon as I had mentioned that we knew the handsome foreigner , Odile
expressed delight . She , like many Cambridge women , could not take her eyes
off Bertrand whenever she spotted him walking down King ' s Parade or standing
about ...
As soon as I had mentioned that we knew the handsome foreigner , Odile
expressed delight . She , like many Cambridge women , could not take her eyes
off Bertrand whenever she spotted him walking down King ' s Parade or standing
about ...
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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 base pairs became began biological bonds 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 hydrogen idea immediately important interest John join King's knew later letter Linus London look lunch Maurice meeting mind molecules months Moreover morning 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 tion told walked wanted week X-ray