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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... principally interested in birds and managed to avoid taking any chemistry or physics courses which looked of even medium difficulty . Briefly the Indiana bio- chemists encouraged me to learn organic chemistry , but after 21 3.
... principally interested in birds and managed to avoid taking any chemistry or physics courses which looked of even medium difficulty . Briefly the Indiana bio- chemists encouraged me to learn organic chemistry , but after 21 3.
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... chemists encouraged me to learn organic chemistry , but after I used a bunsen burner to warm up some ben- zene , I was relieved from further true chemistry . It was safer to turn out an uneducated Ph.D. than to risk another explosion ...
... chemists encouraged me to learn organic chemistry , but after I used a bunsen burner to warm up some ben- zene , I was relieved from further true chemistry . It was safer to turn out an uneducated Ph.D. than to risk another explosion ...
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... chemist , had come to the op- posite conclusion . When Francis was amazed equally by Pauling's unorthodox chemistry , I began to breathe slower . By then I knew we were still in the game . Neither of us , however , had the slightest ...
... chemist , had come to the op- posite conclusion . When Francis was amazed equally by Pauling's unorthodox chemistry , I began to breathe slower . By then I knew we were still in the game . Neither of us , however , had the slightest ...
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