I. Ultraviolet dichroism and molecular structure in living cells. II. Electron microscopy of nuclear membranes. Lecture given at the Symposium on Submicroscopical Structure of Protoplasm, May 22-25, 1951, at the Naples Zoological Station. Offprint from: Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, Vol. XXIII, Supplemento.
1951. First edition, extremely rare offprint, of this historic lecture by Wilkins which ignited the search by Crick and Watson for the structure of DNA. “The history of science is full of quirky minor accidents with major consequences. In 1951, Wilkins’s boss, Professor Randall, was invited to a conference on..... More
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