The secret of life : Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA's doub...
The secret of life : Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA's doub...
The secret of life : Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA's double helix / Howard Markel.
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Publisher
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
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G 2021/1944
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Language
English
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Physical content
564 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Opening credits -- The monk and the biochemist -- Before the double helix -- Take me to the Cavendish Laboratory -- The third man -- Like touching the fronds of a sea anemone -- There was no one like Linus in all the world -- The quiz kid -- Vide Napule e po' muore -- From Ann Arbor to Cambridge --...
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Publisher
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA's structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and...
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The secret of life : Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA's double helix / Howard Markel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/1944
Record Identifier
74VKaajyXJ23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaajyXJ23
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ISBN
1324002239
9781324002239
DDC
572.860922
MMS ID
991024424016102626
