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The Double Helix

The Double Helix

James D. Watson
1968
T1 195 pages · about 3h 15m to read OL2125469Wgoodreads

Watson's insider account of the race to DNA's structure

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“Watson's account of the race to crack DNA's structure is unsparing about the sociology of science — the competitiveness, the luck, the way credit gets allocated. Collison values it as an honest look at how major discoveries actually happen rather than how they are commemorated afterward.”
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