| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 242 pages :) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1. A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words; 2. 'Germany Has Much to Teach Us . . .'; 3. 'A Keen Young Man'; 4. 'Into the Wilderness'; 5. 'The X-Ray Vatican'; 6. 'A Pile of Pennies'; 7. 'Avery's Bombshell'; 8. 'Nunc Dimittis'; 9. 'one grand leap' ... too far; 10. 'The Road Not Taken . . .'; 11. The Man in the Monkeynut Coat; Notes and References; Bibliography of Commonly Cited Sources; Index |
| Summary |
Sir Isaac Newton once declared that his momentous discoveries were only made thanks to having 'stood on the shoulders of giants'. The same might also be said of the scientists James Watson and Francis Crick. Their discovery of the structure of DNA was, without doubt, one of the biggest scientific landmarks in history and, thanks largely to the success of Watson's best-selling memoir 'The Double Helix', there might seem to be little new to say about this story. But much remains to be said about the particular 'giants' on whose shoulders Watson and Crick stood. Of these, the crystallographer Ros |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Astbury, William Thomas, 1898-1961.
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Astbury, William Thomas, 1898-1961 |
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Molecular biology -- History
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X-ray crystallography -- History
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DNA -- Structure -- History
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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DNA -- Structure
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Molecular biology
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X-ray crystallography
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191009881 |
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9780191009884 |
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1306823102 |
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9781306823104 |
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