DNA
The Story of the Genetic Revolution
$43.08
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2017
Summary
The definitive insider’s history of the genetic revolution, significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade.
Along with Francis Crick, James Watson was the discoverer of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, realising both how it was able to reproduce itself and how, through its immense variety, it was able to pass on genetic instructions from one generation to the next. Their discovery paved the way for fifty years of explosive scientific achievement of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784758042 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784758043 |
| Author: | James Watson |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2017 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 134mm x 35mm |
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Critics Review
A wonderful book.
An immediate classic. – E. O. Wilson
Marvellous and comprehensive. * Nature *
A wonderful book. * Sunday Telegraph *
James Watson is one of the greatest living biologists. His new book is an important event, for he is a scintillating writer. * Sunday Times *
James Watson has been an eyewitness to each revolution in molecular biology, from the double helix to the genome. He sees further and clearer than anybody else in the field. Give this fabulously good book to anybody who wants to understand what all the excitement is about. – Matt Ridley
About The Author
James Watson
Born in the US, James Watson won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/ Medicine in 1962. He is the author of a number of books, including the international bestseller The Double Helix.
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