The Path to the Double Helix: The Discovery of DNA

The Path to the Double Helix: The Discovery of DNA
ISBN-10
0486166597
ISBN-13
9780486166599
Category
Science
Pages
560
Language
English
Published
2013-05-13
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Author
Robert Olby

Description

Written by a noted historian of science, this in-depth account traces how Watson and Crick achieved one of science's most dramatic feats: their 1953 discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.

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