DNA Doctor: Candid conversations with James D. Watson

The DNA Doctor: Candid Conversations with James D. Watson

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-220

  Hargittai, Istvan ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

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DOI: 10.1142/6505     Document Type: Book

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