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Name: Life's greatest secret
Author: Matthew Cobb

📘 Life's greatest secret by Matthew Cobb

The story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us.

First publish date: 2015

Authors: Matthew Cobb

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