The Double Helix : First printing
Watson, James D.
Sold by PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 17 October 2013
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 17 October 2013
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTrue first British printing with original unclipped jacket (35s). Illustrated. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), numerous tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a few small marks, pushing/bumping to corners, the odd spot of foxing, patchy creasing/rubbing/browning to front/back inner flaps and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good (having been generally well protected by the jacket) with minor pushing/bumping to corners, a few small bumps/rubs to edges, a little patchy browning/fading, the odd small mark and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/fading) to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. Previous owner's signature in pencil to front end-paper. Previous owner's signature and location in pencil to half-title page. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. VEry occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
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Richard FeynmanHe has described admirably how it feels to have that frightening and beautiful experience of making a scientific discovery.
Andre Lwoff"Scientific American"The history of a scientific endeavor, a true detective story that leaves the reader breathless from beginning to end.
Robert K. Merton"The New York Times Book Review"A fascinating case history...Describes the events that led up to one of the great biological discoveries of our time.
Jacob Bronowski"The Nation"No one could miss the excitement in this story of a great and beautiful discovery....The book communicates the spirit of science as no formal account has ever done....the sense of the future, the high spirits, and the rivalry and the guesses right and wrong, the surge of imagination and the test of fact.
Robert K. Merton "The New York Times Book Review" A fascinating case history...Describes the events that led up to one of the great biological discoveries of our time.
Peter B. Medewar "The New York Review of Books" An enormous success...a classic.
Jacob Bronowski "The Nation" No one could miss the excitement in this story of a great and beautiful discovery....The book communicates the spirit of science as no formal account has ever done....the sense of the future, the high spirits, and the rivalry and the guesses right and wrong, the surge of imagination and the test of fact.
Andre Lwoff "Scientific American" The history of a scientific endeavor, a true detective story that leaves the reader breathless from beginning to end.
Richard Feynman He has described admirably how it feels to have that frightening and beautiful experience of making a scientific discovery.
Philip Morrison "Life" Lively, wholly brash, full of sharp and sudden opinion, often at the edge of scandal.
Robert K. Merton The New York Times Book Review A fascinating case history...Describes the events that led up to one of the great biological discoveries of our time.
Jacob Bronowski The Nation No one could miss the excitement in this story of a great and beautiful discovery....The book communicates the spirit of science as no formal account has ever done....the sense of the future, the high spirits, and the rivalry and the guesses right and wrong, the surge of imagination and the test of fact.
Peter B. Medewar The New York Review of Books An enormous success...a classic.
Andre Lwoff Scientific American The history of a scientific endeavor, a true detective story that leaves the reader breathless from beginning to end.
Philip Morrison Life Lively, wholly brash, full of sharp and sudden opinion, often at the edge of scandal.
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