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While working in the Australian wilderness Upfield met a half-Aboriginal who
became the prototype of his detective hero. His novels, all interspersed with
lengthy descriptions of the colourful Australian landscape, include The Barrakee
Mystery ...
While working in the Australian wilderness Upfield met a half-Aboriginal who
became the prototype of his detective hero. His novels, all interspersed with
lengthy descriptions of the colourful Australian landscape, include The Barrakee
Mystery ...
Page 478
A marriage, following the death of Anne (1011), affiliated Vladimir with the Holy
Roman emperors of the German Ottonian dynasty and produced a daughter, who
became the consort of Casimir I the Restorer of Poland (1016–58). The Kiev ...
A marriage, following the death of Anne (1011), affiliated Vladimir with the Holy
Roman emperors of the German Ottonian dynasty and produced a daughter, who
became the consort of Casimir I the Restorer of Poland (1016–58). The Kiev ...
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In 1965 Watson published Molecular Biology of the Gene, which became one of
the most widely used modern biology texts. He later wrote The Double Helix (
1968), a controversial personal account of his recollections about the DNA
discovery ...
In 1965 Watson published Molecular Biology of the Gene, which became one of
the most widely used modern biology texts. He later wrote The Double Helix (
1968), a controversial personal account of his recollections about the DNA
discovery ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 29 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 29 Nov 2010 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
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