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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... biochemistry with Herman ; in a strictly literal sense I was violating its terms . Moreover , less than three months after my arrival in Copenhagen I was asked to propose plans for the following year . This was no simple matter , for I ...
... biochemistry with Herman ; in a strictly literal sense I was violating its terms . Moreover , less than three months after my arrival in Copenhagen I was asked to propose plans for the following year . This was no simple matter , for I ...
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... biochemistry of virus reproduction were at best interesting in a nonprofound way . I wanted to give up conventional biochemistry , which I believed incapable of telling us how genes work . Instead I told them that I now knew that X ...
... biochemistry of virus reproduction were at best interesting in a nonprofound way . I wanted to give up conventional biochemistry , which I believed incapable of telling us how genes work . Instead I told them that I now knew that X ...
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... biochemistry remained zero . Leav- ing Copenhagen was of course illegal in the formal sense . On the other hand , my request could not be refused . Everyone knew of Herman's unsettled state , and the Washington office must have been ...
... biochemistry remained zero . Leav- ing Copenhagen was of course illegal in the formal sense . On the other hand , my request could not be refused . Everyone knew of Herman's unsettled state , and the Washington office must have been ...
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