RARE OFFPRINT OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA, SIGNED BY SIX OF THE SEVEN ORIGINAL SCIENTISTS. "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." Offprint from Nature, Vol. 171, p. 737, April 25, 1953. Original self wraps, custom blue levant-backed clamshell case, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Light wear. First separate printing, signed by Watson and Crick as well as other scientists M.H.F. Wilkins, A.R. Stokes, H.R. Wilson, and R.G. Gosling. Cambridge graduate student Francis Crick and research fellow James Watson enjoy the distinction of publishing the first article identifying and describing DNA. While they spent time developing a physical model to create an accurate picture of the molecule, their competitors at King's College, London, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, were involved in equally important research looking at x-ray diffraction images of DNA. Wilkins showed Franklin's research to Watson and Crick--apparently without her knowledge--which led the Cambridge team to suggest that the DNA molecule was made up of two chains of nucleotides, each a helix, one going up and one going down. Their model at last provided an explanation of the way DNA separates and replicates during cell division. This copy is signed by all the major early figures except Rosalind Franklin, who died in 1958. See illustration.
RARE OFFPRINT OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA, SIGNED BY SIX OF THE SEVEN ORIGINAL SCIENTISTS. "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." Offprint from Nature, Vol. 171, p. 737, April 25, 1953. Original self wraps, custom blue levant-backed clamshell case, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Light wear. First separate printing, signed by Watson and Crick as well as other scientists M.H.F. Wilkins, A.R. Stokes, H.R. Wilson, and R.G. Gosling. Cambridge graduate student Francis Crick and research fellow James Watson enjoy the distinction of publishing the first article identifying and describing DNA. While they spent time developing a physical model to create an accurate picture of the molecule, their competitors at King's College, London, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, were involved in equally important research looking at x-ray diffraction images of DNA. Wilkins showed Franklin's research to Watson and Crick--apparently without her knowledge--which led the Cambridge team to suggest that the DNA molecule was made up of two chains of nucleotides, each a helix, one going up and one going down. Their model at last provided an explanation of the way DNA separates and replicates during cell division. This copy is signed by all the major early figures except Rosalind Franklin, who died in 1958. See illustration.
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