The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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... 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 Washing- ton that he enthusiastically endorsed my change in plans ...
... 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 Washing- ton that he enthusiastically endorsed my change in plans ...
Page 197
... 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 . FRANCIS ' preoccupation with DNA quickly be- came full - 197.
... 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 . FRANCIS ' preoccupation with DNA quickly be- came full - 197.
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... Telling Bragg that we had got the organic chemistry straight did not put him completely at ease . The chance that we ... telling each other that a structure this pretty just had to exist . With the tension now off , I went to play tennis ...
... Telling Bragg that we had got the organic chemistry straight did not put him completely at ease . The chance that we ... telling each other that a structure this pretty just had to exist . With the tension now off , I went to play tennis ...
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