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Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code
Biography
A short biography, part of the Eminent Lives series, of molecular biologist Francis Crick, who with James Watson described the double-helix structure of DNA. Ridley traces Crick's path from physics into biology and his central role in cracking the genetic code. The book won the Davis Prize from the History of Science Society.
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