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User Review - amarcobio - LibraryThingCrick's view on the discovery of the DNA structure and other of his scientific endeavours. Interesting bits on his interactions with Brenner. This book is better than Watson's Double Helix in the sense that may be more accurate, but it is less engaging. Read full review
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User Review - guhlitz - LibraryThingThis reading was one of the most fun I have had looking through the muse of a disciplined scientist. His re-telling of his modest beginnings, through his and his team discovering the DNA molecule and ... Read full review
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| Title | What mad pursuit: a personal view of scientific discovery Alfred P. Sloan Foundation series Sloan Foundation Science Series Political Economy of International Relations Series |
| Author | Francis Crick |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0465091377, 9780465091379 |
| Length | 182 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology Biologists Biologists - England Crick, Francis Molecular Biology Molecular biology Molecular biology - History Physicists Physicists - England |
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