Item #19003 Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc. James Dewey Watson, MHF Wilkins Francis Crick, RG Gosling, Rosalind Franklin.
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc
Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid WITH Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid WITH Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate WITH Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid, etc etc

London: Nature 1953. First Edition. Volume 171: [2], 1168, iii-lxiv pages. Volume 172: [2], 1200, iii-lxxi, [1-ads] pages. Together, January 3, 1953 through December 26, 1953 issues (1953 complete). Matching blue buckram bindings, ex-library and ex-libris corporate library with occasional stamps, library pocket, and usual library markings. Original issue covers not bound in as often the case. Very Good. Cloth. [19003]


We offer BOTH volumes 171 and 172 of Nature, A Weekly Journal of Science, containing the foundational papers announcing the Discovery of the Molecular Structure of DNA. Together, these volumes highlight the beginning of what we now know as molecular biology. 100 Books Famous in Medicine (Norman/Grolier) notes: 'Forty years after Watson and Crick's discovery, so much of the basic understanding of medicine and disease has advanced to the molecular level that their paper [see #1 below] may be considered the most significant single contribution to biology and medicine in the twentieth century' (pages 361-362). Volume 171 lays out the structure of DNA. Volume 172 further confirms the theory with experimental work, and starts to build a connection to protein synthesis which in retrospect was the link which catapulted the discovery of DNA into a useful and actionable research direction. Many of today's useful inventions spring from this linkage, which really gained traction in the 10 years following the initial discovery (see Quiet debut for the double helix by Robert Olby, Nature, Vol 421, Jan 23 2003 for a nice treatment of this idea). Garrison and Morton (5th edition) 256.3, 256.4; Dibner Heralds of Science (revised) 200; Grolier 100 (Medicine/Norman).

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 was awarded jointly to Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". Many also felt that Rosalind Franklin deserved recognition for her pivotal role in the discovery, a debate we suspect will rage for some decades hence.

A cornerstone of any collection in biology or 20th century medicine. Additional information available upon request.

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