The man in the monkeynut coat : William Astbury and the forgotten road to the double-helix / Kersten T. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Kersten, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molecular biology--History.

Molecular biology.

Astbury, William Thomas, 1898-1961.

Astbury, William Thomas.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sir Isaac Newton once declared that his momentous discoveries were only made thanks to having 'stood on the shoulders of giants'. The same might also be said of the scientists James Watson and Francis Crick. Their discovery of the structure of DNA was, without doubt, one of the biggest scientific landmarks in history and, thanks largely to the success of Watson's best-selling memoir 'The Double Helix', there might seem to be little new to say about this story. But much remains to be said about the particular 'giants' on whose shoulders Watson and Crick stood. Of these, the crystallographer Ros

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1. A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words; 2. 'Germany Has Much to Teach Us . . .'; 3. 'A Keen Young Man'; 4. 'Into the Wilderness'; 5. 'The X-Ray Vatican'; 6. 'A Pile of Pennies'; 7. 'Avery's Bombshell'; 8. 'Nunc Dimittis'; 9. 'one grand leap' . . . too far; 10. 'The Road Not Taken . . .'; 11. The Man in the Monkeynut Coat; Notes and References; Bibliography of Commonly Cited Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-100989-X

0-19-100988-1