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 46
... month . Fortunately , the possibility of my not being paid in the forthcoming year for working on DNA was only annoying and not fatal . The $ 3000 fellowship stipend that I had received for being in Copenhagen was three times that ...
... month . Fortunately , the possibility of my not being paid in the forthcoming year for working on DNA was only annoying and not fatal . The $ 3000 fellowship stipend that I had received for being in Copenhagen was three times that ...
Page 57
... month after my arrival , on a Saturday morning . The previous day Max Perutz had given Francis a new manuscript by Sir ... months earlier . What was worse , Francis remembered having enthusiastically proclaimed it to everyone in the lab ...
... month after my arrival , on a Saturday morning . The previous day Max Perutz had given Francis a new manuscript by Sir ... months earlier . What was worse , Francis remembered having enthusiastically proclaimed it to everyone in the lab ...
Page 108
... month period but explicitly termi- nated after eight months , in the middle of May . My real punishment in not following the Board's advice and going to Stockholm was a thousand dollars . By this time it was virtually impossible to ...
... month period but explicitly termi- nated after eight months , in the middle of May . My real punishment in not following the Board's advice and going to Stockholm was a thousand dollars . By this time it was virtually impossible to ...
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