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A portrait of scientist Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA, traces his life from a middle-class English upbringing and lackluster education to his ultimate history-making journey into the field of biology.

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9780060823337 | Harpercollins, June 1, 2006, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A portrait of scientist Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA, traces his life from a middle-class English upbringing and lackluster education to his ultimate history-making journey into the field of biology.

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9780061148453 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 3, 2009), cover price $13.99

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9780879697983 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr, August 31, 2009, cover price $46.00

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Product Description: Few scientists have thought more deeply about the nature of their calling and its impact on humanity than Max Perutz (1914-2002). Born in Vienna, Jewish by descent, lapsed Catholic by religion, he came to Cambridge in 1936 to join the lab of the legendary Communist thinker J...read more

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9780879697853 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr, December 31, 2007, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Few scientists have thought more deeply about the nature of their calling and its impact on humanity than Max Perutz (1914-2002).
9780701176952 | Ill edition (Gardners Books, July 5, 2007), cover price $41.65 | About this edition: Born in Vienna, Jewish by descent, lapsed Catholic by religion, Max Perutz came to Cambridge in 1936, to join the lab of the legendary Communist thinker J D Bernal.

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A narrative of the historical potential of current breakthroughs in biotechnology explores its promises for good, from cures for cancer and an end to pollution, to its possible negative consequences, from social upheavals to bio-weapons, in an analysis that also considers the implications of scientist personality on biotechnological advancement. Reprint.

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9780060537395 | 1 reprint edition (Perennial, May 1, 2006), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A narrative of the historical potential of current breakthroughs in biotechnology explores its promises for good, from cures for cancer and an end to pollution, to its possible negative consequences, from social upheavals to bio-weapons, in an analysis that also considers the implications of scientist personality on biotechnological advancement.

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A narrative of the historical potential of current breakthroughs in biotechnology explores its promises for good, from cures for cancer and an end to pollution, to its possible negative consequences, from social upheavals to bio-weapons; in an analysis that also considers the implications of scientist personality on biotechnological advancement. 25,000 first printing.

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9780060537388 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 2005, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: A narrative of the historical potential of current breakthroughs in biotechnology explores its promises for good, from cures for cancer and an end to pollution, to its possible negative consequences, from social upheavals to bio-weapons; in an analysis that also considers the implications of scientist personality on biotechnological advancement.

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Product Description: An absorbing portrait of the pioneering molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the genetic component of phages, through essays and reminiscences from twenty-three distinguished scientists whose work and careers were influenced by the man and his science. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By A. D. Hershey (editor) and Franklin W. Stahl (editor)

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9780879695675 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr, July 1, 2000, cover price $41.00 | About this edition: An absorbing portrait of the pioneering molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the genetic component of phages, through essays and reminiscences from twenty-three distinguished scientists whose work and careers were influenced by the man and his science.

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