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 28
... hand , it was equally obvious that I had not done anything which was going to tell us what a gene was or how it repro- duced . And unless I became a chemist , I could not see how I would . I thus welcomed Herman's suggestion that I go ...
... hand , it was equally obvious that I had not done anything which was going to tell us what a gene was or how it repro- duced . And unless I became a chemist , I could not see how I would . I thus welcomed Herman's suggestion that I go ...
Page 88
... hands . As to the forces that held the chains together , the best guess seemed to be salt bridges in which diva- lent ... hand , there was absolutely no evidence against our hunch . If only the King's groups had thought about models ...
... hands . As to the forces that held the chains together , the best guess seemed to be salt bridges in which diva- lent ... hand , there was absolutely no evidence against our hunch . If only the King's groups had thought about models ...
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... hand , any model building would be too sloppy to be con- vincing . I went back to Pop's to tell Elizabeth and Bertrand that Francis and I had probably beaten Paul- ing to the gate and that the answer would revolution- ize biology . Both ...
... hand , any model building would be too sloppy to be con- vincing . I went back to Pop's to tell Elizabeth and Bertrand that Francis and I had probably beaten Paul- ing to the gate and that the answer would revolution- ize biology . Both ...
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