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xxiii, 510 pages : 24 cm The path to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA was one of the most dramatic in the history of science. This volume is the complete story of that landmark event. The roots of the story of the genetic "secret of life" are in nineteenth-century molecular biology; in 1869, a substance which corresponded to DNA, "nuclein," was discovered. For nearly a hundred years, however, the structure of the molecule proved more elusive than scientists had thought. In this book, the author develops five major themes: long-chain macromolecules; nucleoproteins; bacterial transformations; the intellectual evolution of structural chemists and physicists, including Crick and Watson, into biologists; and the way in which combined scientific approaches led to the conclusions about the molecular structure of DNA.-- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-496) and index Section I. From colloidal particles to long-chain molecules: Bergmann, Staudinger, Svedberg, Polanyi, Mark, Astbury -- 1. The macromolecule -- 2. The ultracentrifuge -- 3. The fibre diagram and the long-chain molecule -- 4. The Leeds school under Astbury -- 5. Astbury under attack -- Section II. Nu

Author

Robert C Olby; Francis Crick

Publisher

Seattle: University of Washington Press

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780333140178

Subjects

Science, History, Biology