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...there, in the fall of 1951, that Watson initially met Crick. (He actually met Crick's wife Odile first. Her only comment afterward: "He had no hair!"--a reference to Watson's crew cut.) Like Wilkins, Crick was a physicist who switched into biology; like Wilkins and Watson, Crick had been impressed with Schrodinger's What Is Life? He wasn't actually studying DNA, though; at age 35, thanks in part to a hiatus for military work in World War II, he was still pursuing his Ph.D. on the X-ray diffraction of hemoglobin, the iron-carrying protein in blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist Of Fate | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

...century he was the world's premier physical chemist, the man who had literally written the book on chemical bonds. A few months before Watson arrived, in fact, Pauling embarrassed the Cavendish by winning the race to figure out the structure of keratin, the protein that makes up hair and fingernails. (It was a long, complex corkscrew of atoms known as the alpha-helix.) While he did rely on X-ray crystallographs for hints to what was going on at the molecular level, Pauling depended more heavily on scaled-up models he built by hand, using his deep knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist Of Fate | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

While deciding whether to wear her hair up or down, she manages to master the sequence of steps to the number “All that Jazz” and performs them without a mistake...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Students, Getting the Part Takes Perseverance | 2/14/2003 | See Source »

Bravo added that researchers for the guide would try to find “little things that make people feel more at home,” such as authentic Cuban restaurants and hair salons that cater to Latino clients...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘La Vida’ To Be First Latino Student Guide | 2/11/2003 | See Source »

...prove that life does indeed begin at conception, the case of Roe is obsolete. From the instant of conception, the unborn child is a living human being. He or she possesses a genetic code with 46 chromosomes, which contain complete information for characteristics such as gender, eye and hair color, skin tone, bone structure and the susceptibility to certain diseases...

Author: By Sonia Mohammed, | Title: Pro-Choice Group Distorts Morality | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

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