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Williams, Gareth, 1952-
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Genetics -- Research -- History.
Genetics -- History.
DNA -- Research -- History.
Biology -- History.
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Williams, Gareth, 1952-
Genetics -- Research -- History.
Genetics -- History.
DNA -- Research -- History.
Biology -- History.
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Unravelling the double helix : the lost heroes of DNA / Gareth Williams.
by
Williams, Gareth, 1952-
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019.
Call #:
572.86 W723u
Subjects
Genetics
--
Research
--
History
.
Genetics
--
History
.
DNA
--
Research
--
History
.
Biology
--
History
.
ISBN:
9781474609357 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Lost heroes of DNA
Description:
xxx, 494 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Rewind
--
In the beginning
--
Bag of worms
--
Gardening leave
--
Of grasshoppers and flies
--
Bausteine
--
A whirlwind from Russia
--
Crystal gazing
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The sad demise of a promising candidate
--
Inventions and improvements
--
Movable type
--
Transformational
research
--
Up North
--
Unholy Grails
--
Applications of science
--
Dreams of geneticists
--
Tidying up
--
Tipping points
--
Twists and turns
--
Meetings of minds
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Team building
--
Whizz kid
--
Handicap race
--
Photo finish
--
Aftershocks
--
Retrospective.
Summary:
Unravelling the Double Helix covers the most colourful period in the
history
of DNA, from the discovery of 'nuclein' in the late 1860s to the landmark publication of James Watson's The Double Helix in 1968. These hundred years included the advent of the Nobel Prize, antibiotics, X-ray crystallography and the atom bomb as well as two devastating world wars - events which are strung along the narrative thread of DNA like beads on a necklace. The story of DNA is a saga packed with awful mistakes as well as brilliant science, with a wonderful cast of heroes and villains. Surprisingly, much of it is unfamiliar. The elucidation of the double helix was one of the most brilliant gems of twentieth-century science, but some of the scientists who played crucial roles have been airbrushed out of
history
. Others were plunged into darkness when the spotlight fell on James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. Watson and Crick solved a magnificent mystery, but Gareth Williams shows that their contribution was to click into place the last few pieces of a gigantic jigsaw puzzle assembled over several decades.
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