The Double Helix, a Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Pocketbok. Mentor . 1969.
Mycket gott skick.
This is a book by a scientist about scientists-and the inside story of one of the key discoveries of the century, the structure of DNA, the heredity molecule. Even more fascinating, perhaps, it is the superbly human tale of how a very unusual 23-year-old American saw his chance for scientific immortality and promptly set out to seize it.
FOR THE LAYMAN AND SCIENTIST ALIKE, THE DOUBLE HELIX IS "A THRILLING BOOK FROM BEGINNING TO END-DELIGHTFUL, OFTEN FUNNY, VIVIDLY OBSERVANT, FULL OF SUSPENSE AND MOUNTING TENSION, AND SO DIRECTLY CANDID ABOUT THE BRILLIANT AND ABRASIVE PERSONALITIES INVOLVED AND THE FOLKWAYS, NOBLE AND ECCEN-TRIC, OF SCIENTISTS, THAT IT HAS ALREADY STIRRED UP A HORNET'S NEST... SELDOM, IF EVER, HAS A SCIENTIST WRITTEN SO FRANKLY ABOUT HIS COLLEAGUES OR ABOUT THE TRADE SECRETS, OR SILENCES, OF HIS PROFESSION"
-The New York Times.
