The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Author: James D. Watson
“Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders,” writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick won Nobel Prizes for their work, and their names are memorised by biology students around the world. But as in all of history, the real story behin….Read More
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Concepts of Modern Mathematics
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