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What Mad Pursuit. A Personal View of Scientific Discovery (Signed)
by Crick, Francis
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1988. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Octavo, [xiii]182; SIGNED by the author on the title page, and with Crick's address stamp at the Salk Institute on ffep. Additionally, a note in pencil in an unknown hand, at top of ffep: "Signed 2/18/93 at Cricks 'Origins of Life on Earth' / series at Cal State University, Northridge." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with the slightest of fading at spine. Francis H. C. Crick (1916 - 2004) co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA - perhaps the most important discovery in the biological sciences.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09578
- Title
- What Mad Pursuit. A Personal View of Scientific Discovery (Signed)
- Author
- Crick, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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