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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... X - ray diffraction photograph of DNA , A form 73 Elizabeth Watson 104 In Paris , spring 1952 120 The meeting at Royaumont , July 1952 135 In the Italian Alps , August 1952 139 Early ideas on the DNA - RNA - protein relation 154 X ...
... X - ray diffraction photograph of DNA , A form 73 Elizabeth Watson 104 In Paris , spring 1952 120 The meeting at Royaumont , July 1952 135 In the Italian Alps , August 1952 139 Early ideas on the DNA - RNA - protein relation 154 X ...
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... X - ray diffraction methods solve structures of ever - increasing difficulty . * The more complex the molecule , the happier Bragg be- came when a new method allowed its elucidation . Thus in the immediate postwar years he was ...
... X - ray diffraction methods solve structures of ever - increasing difficulty . * The more complex the molecule , the happier Bragg be- came when a new method allowed its elucidation . Thus in the immediate postwar years he was ...
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... X - ray diffraction pictures of DNA which re- vealed a marked absence of reflections on the merid- ian . This was a feature that his colleague , the theoreti- cian Alex Stokes , had told him was compatible with a helix . Given this ...
... X - ray diffraction pictures of DNA which re- vealed a marked absence of reflections on the merid- ian . This was a feature that his colleague , the theoreti- cian Alex Stokes , had told him was compatible with a helix . Given this ...
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