The double helix
a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA
by James D. Watson
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A critical edition of James D. Watson's account of he and Francis Crick's 1953 discovery of the DNA double helix, including reviews by Gunther Stent and other scientists and scholars.
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The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA
2001, a Touchstone book, published by Simon & Schuster, Touchstone
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in English
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074321630X 9780743216302
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The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA
1998, Scribner
in English
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0684852799 9780684852799
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The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA
1980, Norton
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039301245X 9780393012453
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The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA
1970, Penguin
in English
0140031421 9780140031423
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The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA
1968, New American Library
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0456124769
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By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only 24, a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world-class researchers to solve one of science's greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts, very human ambitions, and bitter rivalries. With humility unspoiled by false modesty, Watson relates his and Crick's desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the identification of the basic building block of life. Never has a scientist been so truthful in capturing in words the flavor of his work. - Back cover.
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