The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNASince its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research-Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. |
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... in- debted to Libby Aldrich for the quick , perceptive re- marks expected from our best Radcliffe students and to Joyce Lebowitz both for keeping me from com- pletely misusing the English language and for innumer- able comments xiii.
... in- debted to Libby Aldrich for the quick , perceptive re- marks expected from our best Radcliffe students and to Joyce Lebowitz both for keeping me from com- pletely misusing the English language and for innumer- able comments xiii.
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... English form did not permit en- thusiasm as he stated that the picture showed much more detail than previous pictures and could , in fact , be considered as arising from a crystalline substance . And when the structure of DNA was known ...
... English form did not permit en- thusiasm as he stated that the picture showed much more detail than previous pictures and could , in fact , be considered as arising from a crystalline substance . And when the structure of DNA was known ...
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... English biochemist who worked with plant viruses . Markham took the news quite cas- ually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with ...
... English biochemist who worked with plant viruses . Markham took the news quite cas- ually when I walked into his office and told him that he might acquire a model student who would never bother him by cluttering up his lab with ...
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