In remembering, without nostalgia, the dawn of molecular biology, Dr Chargaff deplores the loss of innocence that science has suffered in his lifetime.
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Chargaff, E. Building the Tower of Babble. Nature 248, 776–779 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248776a0
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