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 31
... fact affected my cas- ual pursuit of chemistry . For why should I get excited learning boring chemical facts as long as the chemists never provided anything incisive about the nucleic acids ? The odds , however , were against any real ...
... fact affected my cas- ual pursuit of chemistry . For why should I get excited learning boring chemical facts as long as the chemists never provided anything incisive about the nucleic acids ? The odds , however , were against any real ...
Page 32
... fact that he was a substitute for Randall made no differ- ence : I had not known about either . His talk was far from vacuous and stood out sharply from the rest , several of which bore no connection to the purpose of the meeting ...
... fact that he was a substitute for Randall made no differ- ence : I had not known about either . His talk was far from vacuous and stood out sharply from the rest , several of which bore no connection to the purpose of the meeting ...
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... fact that the structure gave no explanation for the Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however , maintained my luke- warm response to Chargaff's data . So I welcomed the arrival of lunchtime , when ...
... fact that the structure gave no explanation for the Chargaff rules ( adenine equals thymine , guanine equals cytosine ) . I , however , maintained my luke- warm response to Chargaff's data . So I welcomed the arrival of lunchtime , when ...
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