Double helix. The forgotten heroes of the battle for DNA
14.99 €
The only thing available 1
Gareth Williams is Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bristol; holder of an honorary doctorate conferred by the University of Angers; author of more than two dozen books and two hundred scientific articles; past president of the Anglo-French Medical Society. The story of DNA is a saga full of brilliant scientific discoveries, incredible accidents, and gross errors. It begins with the discovery of "nuclein" in the late 1860s and ends with the publication of James Watson's book "The Double Helix" in 1968. In those 100 years, there was the Nobel Prize, antibiotics, X-ray crystallography, radar and the atomic bomb-not to mention the passing of two devastating world wars-and each of these events influenced the discovery of DNA. James Watson and Francis Crick solved the mystery of the double helix, but Gareth Williams shows that their contribution was the last piece of a giant puzzle that many scientists forgotten by history have been putting together for decades. The book "Double Helix. Forgotten heroes of the battle for DNA" about one of the greatest triumphs of modern science and the people who figured out the composition and structure of this mysterious molecule. Medium-sized edition, with white, heavy pages, hardcover with rounded corners. Contains author's black-and-white illustrations and diagrams.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Sci-fi for everyone
You might be interested:

Popular science and informative literature
Conversations with Serial Killers: A Deep Dive into the Minds of the World's Most Violent People
14.99 €

Popular science and informative literature
Supervise and Punish: The Birth of Prison
14.99 €