Crick, Watson and DNA: The Big Idea

by Paul Strathern

Book Overview

Paul Strathern (Curie and Radioactivity, Hawking and Black Holes) argues that the advances of molecular biology in the last half of the 20th century are comparable to the gains of nuclear physics in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385492456
• ISBN13: 9780385492454
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Drama meets science

I started the read as research for a project, but halfway in approached it as leisure reading. The personalities involved in the race to break the code, the unorthodox methods that Crick and Watson applied, and the dynamics of the scientific development (or MISdevelopment) that led to the discovery are all intriguing for the average science buff.