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2021 selection · Nonfiction
The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix
The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix by Howard Markel appears in NPR’s 2021 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around eye-opening reads, nonfiction, science!, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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