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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Page 22
... existed among the more inspired geneticists that vi- ruses were a form of naked genes . If so , the best way to find out what a gene was and how it duplicated was to study the properties of viruses . Thus , as the simplest viruses were ...
... existed among the more inspired geneticists that vi- ruses were a form of naked genes . If so , the best way to find out what a gene was and how it duplicated was to study the properties of viruses . Thus , as the simplest viruses were ...
Page 72
... existed when we first met in Naples had vanished . The fact that I , a phage per- son , found what he was doing important was reassur- ing . It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow physicist . Even when he met those ...
... existed when we first met in Naples had vanished . The fact that I , a phage per- son , found what he was doing important was reassur- ing . It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow physicist . Even when he met those ...
Page 76
... existed that I might be misleading Francis by an order - of - magnitude difference . The wrong person had been sent to hear Rosy . If Francis had gone along , no such ambiguity would have existed . It was the penalty for being ...
... existed that I might be misleading Francis by an order - of - magnitude difference . The wrong person had been sent to hear Rosy . If Francis had gone along , no such ambiguity would have existed . It was the penalty for being ...
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