An edition of What mad pursuit (1988)

What mad pursuit

a personal view of scientific discovery

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What mad pursuit
Francis Crick, Francis Crick
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An edition of What mad pursuit (1988)

What mad pursuit

a personal view of scientific discovery

  • 7 Want to read

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.

Pages
182

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Cover of: What Mad Pursuit
What Mad Pursuit
2008, Basic Books
in English
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What mad pursuit: a personal view of scientific discovery
1990, Penguin
in English
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What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery (Sloan Foundation Science)
June 1990, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: What mad pursuit
What mad pursuit: a personal view of scientific discovery
1989, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: What mad pursuit
What mad pursuit: a personal view of scientific discovery
1988, Basic Books
Cover of: What mad pursuit
What mad pursuit: a personal view of scientific discovery
1988, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: What mad pursuit
What mad pursuit: a personal view of scientific discovery
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

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Published in
New York
Series
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation series

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 182 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Number of pages
182

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL21394269M
ISBN 10
0465091385
LibraryThing
77127
Goodreads
410967

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Work ID
OL3948849W

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