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Page 32
His talk was far from vacuous and stood out sharply from the rest , several of
which bore no connection to the purpose of the meeting . Fortunately these were
in Italian , and so the obvious boredom of the foreign guests did not need to be ...
His talk was far from vacuous and stood out sharply from the rest , several of
which bore no connection to the purpose of the meeting . Fortunately these were
in Italian , and so the obvious boredom of the foreign guests did not need to be ...
Page 33
Before Maurice's talk I had worried about the possibility that the gene might be
fantastically irregular . Now , however , I knew that genes could crystallize ; hence
they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward ...
Before Maurice's talk I had worried about the possibility that the gene might be
fantastically irregular . Now , however , I knew that genes could crystallize ; hence
they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward ...
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Francis wanted to talk to Dorothy Hodgkin , the best of the English
crystallographers , while I welcomed the opportunity to see Oxford for the first
time . At the train gate Francis was in top form . The visit would give him the
opportunity to tell ...
Francis wanted to talk to Dorothy Hodgkin , the best of the English
crystallographers , while I welcomed the opportunity to see Oxford for the first
time . At the train gate Francis was in top form . The visit would give him the
opportunity to tell ...
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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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