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 40
... important , I did not want to be away during the forth- coming International Poliomyelitis Conference , which was to bring several phage workers to Copenhagen . Max Delbrück was in the expected group , and since he was a professor at ...
... important , I did not want to be away during the forth- coming International Poliomyelitis Conference , which was to bring several phage workers to Copenhagen . Max Delbrück was in the expected group , and since he was a professor at ...
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... important was reassur- ing . It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow physicist . Even when he met those who thought his decision to go into biology made sense , he couldn't trust their judgment . After all , they ...
... important was reassur- ing . It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow physicist . Even when he met those who thought his decision to go into biology made sense , he couldn't trust their judgment . After all , they ...
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... important . The idea that a simple answer was preferable had no appeal to Pirie , who knew that viruses were too large to have well - defined structures . If it had not been for the presence of Lwoff , the meeting would have flopped ...
... important . The idea that a simple answer was preferable had no appeal to Pirie , who knew that viruses were too large to have well - defined structures . If it had not been for the presence of Lwoff , the meeting would have flopped ...
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