The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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Page vii
... write the foreword . There is in the first place its scientific interest . The discovery of the structure by Crick and Watson , with all its biological implications , has been one of the major scientific events of this century . The ...
... write the foreword . There is in the first place its scientific interest . The discovery of the structure by Crick and Watson , with all its biological implications , has been one of the major scientific events of this century . The ...
Page xii
... write a definitive history of how the structure was established . Nonetheless , I feel the story should be told , partly be- cause many of my scientific friends have expressed curiosity about how the double helix was found , and to them ...
... write a definitive history of how the structure was established . Nonetheless , I feel the story should be told , partly be- cause many of my scientific friends have expressed curiosity about how the double helix was found , and to them ...
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... write Washington that a major inducement in my wanting to be in Cambridge was the presence of Roy Markham , an English biochemist who worked with plant viruses . Markham took the news quite cas- ually when I walked into his office and ...
... write Washington that a major inducement in my wanting to be in Cambridge was the presence of Roy Markham , an English biochemist who worked with plant viruses . Markham took the news quite cas- ually when I walked into his office and ...
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