Book
The secret of life : Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA's double helix
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324002239
- ISBN: 1324002239
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Physical Description:
print
564 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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 -- An American in Cambridge -- The king's war -- The lecture -- The dreaming spires of Oxford -- Mr. Crick and Dr. Watson build their dream model -- Dr. Pauling's predicament -- Chargaff's rules -- Paris and Royaumont -- A haphazard summer -- Linus sings -- A stomach ache in Clare College -- Peter and the wolf -- Photograph no. 51 -- The mornings after -- The MRC report -- Base pairs -- It's so beautiful -- Defeat -- It has not escaped our notice -- Stockholm -- Closing credits.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Franklin, Rosalind -- 1920-1958
- Watson, James D -- 1928-
- Crick, Francis -- 1916-2004
- Wilkins, Maurice -- 1916-2004
- Pauling, Linus -- 1901-1994
- DNA -- Structure -- Research -- History -- 20th century
- Genetic code -- Research -- History -- 20th century
- Scientists -- Biography
- SCIENCE / History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Crick, Francis -- 1916-2004
- Franklin, Rosalind -- 1920-1958
- Pauling, Linus -- 1901-1994
- Watson, James D -- 1928-
- Wilkins, Maurice -- 1916-2004
- Genetic code -- Research
- Scientists
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
Available copies
- 13 of 14 copies available at Westchester Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| North Castle Public Library | 572.86 M (Text) | 31001152001856 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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