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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... tion had not been acknowledged . Almost at once , after dashing in to tell Max and John Kendrew about the outrage , he hurried to Bragg's office for an explana- tion , if not an apology . But by then Bragg was at home , and Francis had ...
... tion had not been acknowledged . Almost at once , after dashing in to tell Max and John Kendrew about the outrage , he hurried to Bragg's office for an explana- tion , if not an apology . But by then Bragg was at home , and Francis had ...
Page 81
... tion to our impending triumph with DNA . By then we had been joined by Francis ' close friend , the logi- cian George Kreisel , whose unwashed appearance and idiom did not fit into my picture of the English philos- opher . Francis ...
... tion to our impending triumph with DNA . By then we had been joined by Francis ' close friend , the logi- cian George Kreisel , whose unwashed appearance and idiom did not fit into my picture of the English philos- opher . Francis ...
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... tion chosen was precisely correct . But this did not bother us , for we only wished to establish that at least one specific two - chain complementary helix was ster- eochemically possible . Until this was clear , the objec- tion could ...
... tion chosen was precisely correct . But this did not bother us , for we only wished to establish that at least one specific two - chain complementary helix was ster- eochemically possible . Until this was clear , the objec- tion could ...
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