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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... interest of the story— the impression made by Europe and by England in particular upon a young man from the States . He writes with a Pepys - like frankness . Those who figure in the book must read it in a very forgiving spirit . One ...
... interest of the story— the impression made by Europe and by England in particular upon a young man from the States . He writes with a Pepys - like frankness . Those who figure in the book must read it in a very forgiving spirit . One ...
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... interest in genetics . Kalckar was a bright exception . In the summer of 1945 he had come to the lab at Cold Spring Harbor , New York , to take Delbrück's course on bacterial viruses . Thus both Luria and Delbrück hoped the Copenhagen ...
... interest in genetics . Kalckar was a bright exception . In the summer of 1945 he had come to the lab at Cold Spring Harbor , New York , to take Delbrück's course on bacterial viruses . Thus both Luria and Delbrück hoped the Copenhagen ...
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... My letter had gone instead to a new chairman , who took a more active interest in directing young people . He was put out that I had overstepped myself in denying that I would profit from biochemistry . I wrote to Luria to save 44.
... My letter had gone instead to a new chairman , who took a more active interest in directing young people . He was put out that I had overstepped myself in denying that I would profit from biochemistry . I wrote to Luria to save 44.
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