Correspondence with Donohue

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1969-1970
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Correspondence with Donohue. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Detailed correspondence between Crick and Donohue, discussing points at issue - particularly the usefulness of Fourier analysis to determine the structure of DNA - following the publication of Jerry Donohue (1969), "Fourier analysis and the structure of DNA".

In addition to correspondence, the file includes:

Donohue, "Fourier analysis and the structure of DNA," Science, 165 (1969), 1091-6 (photocopy);

Struther Arnott, "Crystallography of DNA: difference synthesis supports Watson-Crick base pairing," Science, 167 (1970), 1694-1700 (reprinted paper, unmarked);

Donohue, "Fourier series and difference maps as lack of structure proof: DNA is an example," Science, 167 (1970), 1700-2 (photocopy);

letters from Wilkins, et al, and from Crick, to Science, 167 (1970), 1693-4 (photocopy and reprinted paper for Crick letter);

an anonymous News and Views report ("The fly in the Fourier"), Nature, 226 (1970), 404-5 (photocopy);

a letter from Donohue, in response to "The fly in the Fourier," Nature, 227 (1970), 317 (photocopy);

and a typescript of Aaron Klug, "Donohue and DNA structure determination" (dated 2 November, 1970).

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1969-1970

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1 file

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A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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