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=== 2018 ===
=== 2018 ===


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|content=That wasn’t my point. Icosahedrons aren’t seemingly relevant to astrophysics. But the genius of selection does choose them for T4 phage capsids. Chargaff thought DNA would be a beautiful Möbius band. He was lead astray by beauty. But Watson&Crick found the correct Helical beauty.
|content=That wasn’t my point. Icosahedrons aren’t seemingly relevant to astrophysics. But the genius of selection does choose them for T4 phage capsids. [[Erwin Chargaff|Chargaff]] thought DNA would be a beautiful Möbius band. He was lead astray by beauty. But [[Jim Watson|Watson]]&[[Francis Crick|Crick]] found the correct Helical beauty.
|timestamp=1:44 PM · Jun 29, 2018
|timestamp=1:44 PM · Jun 29, 2018
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