The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

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First edition, second impression, published later the same year, a tribute to the book's ground breaking popularity. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to white parts of jacket, top of page block coloured purple as issued, black cloth with gilt lettering, not price clipped (35s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 235pp, illustrated. The classic personal account of Watson and Crick's groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA. 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 twenty four, 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. Scarce in this early impression.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

Editor

George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, London

Fecha de publicación

1968

Idioma

Inglés

ISBN 10

0297760424

ISBN 13

9780297760429

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Ilustrador

Jacket by Dorothy Judd

Edición

1st Edition

Estado

Very Good

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Very Good

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