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Genes, Girls, and Gamow

By Watson, James D.

Genes, Girls, and Gamow Science

Genes, Girls, and Gamow

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In the years following his and Francis Crick's towering discovery of DNA, James Watson was obsessed with finding two things: RNA and a wife. Genes, Girls, and Gamow is the marvelous chronicle of those pursuits. Watson effortlessly glides between his heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious debacles in the field of love and his heady inquiries in the field of science. He also reflects with touching candor on some of science's other titans, from fellow Nobelists Linus Pauling and the incorrigible Richard Feynman to Russian physicist George Gamow, who loved whiskey, limericks, and card tricks as much as he did molecules and genes. What emerges is a refreshingly human portrait of a group of geniuses and a candid, often surprising account of how science is done.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
338
Release Date:
2003-01-07
Publication Date:
2003-01-07
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0375727159
ISBN13:
9780375727153
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
349 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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