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I then returned to Copenhagen to collect my few clothes and to tell Herman about
my good luck in being able to become a crystallographer . Herman was
splendidly cooperative . A letter was dispatched telling the Fellowship Office in ...
I then returned to Copenhagen to collect my few clothes and to tell Herman about
my good luck in being able to become a crystallographer . Herman was
splendidly cooperative . A letter was dispatched telling the Fellowship Office in ...
Page 197
... the obvious fact that the implications of its existence were far too important to
risk crying wolf . Thus I felt slightly queasy when at lunch Francis winged into the
Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life
.
... the obvious fact that the implications of its existence were far too important to
risk crying wolf . Thus I felt slightly queasy when at lunch Francis winged into the
Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life
.
Page 205
Telling Bragg that we had got the organic chemistry straight did not put him
completely at ease . The chance that we were using the wrong chemical formula
admittedly was small , but , since Crick talked so fast , Bragg could never be sure
that ...
Telling Bragg that we had got the organic chemistry straight did not put him
completely at ease . The chance that we were using the wrong chemical formula
admittedly was small , but , since Crick talked so fast , Bragg could never be sure
that ...
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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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