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Name: What mad pursuit
Author: Francis Crick

This is a personal account of what it is like to do science, by Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the double helical structure of DNA. The book is autobiographical, but focuses primarily on events that had an impact on his career as a scientist.

First publish date: 1988

Authors: Francis Crick

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