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Valentine Pontifex · 07-02-2002, 07:18 PM

Erwin Chargaff died last month:

<a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/3577284.htm" target="_blank">http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/3577284.htm</a>

I am kind of surprised to learn that he was dead a long time before now. He was 96. He made one of the instrumental discoveries that lead to Watson and Crick discovery of the structure of DNA. He found that the amount of A and T in DNA was the same, that the amount of C and G in DNA was the same, but that the cross ratios varied.

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B. H. Manners · 07-02-2002, 07:21 PM

He made a great contribution to science. He will surely be missed.

Ed · 07-02-2002, 07:45 PM

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Originally posted by LordValentine:
<strong>Erwin Chargaff died last month:

I am kind of surprised too learn that he was dead a long time before now. </strong>

You mean he was dead before he died? He was quite an unusual man! Most people arent dead until they die! Must be one of them "quantum" deaths that only happens to atheists!

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Valentine Pontifex Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 3,092	Erwin Chargaff has died Erwin Chargaff died last month: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/3577284.htm" target="_blank">http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/3577284.htm</a> I am kind of surprised to learn that he was dead a long time before now. He was 96. He made one of the instrumental discoveries that lead to Watson and Crick discovery of the structure of DNA. He found that the amount of A and T in DNA was the same, that the amount of C and G in DNA was the same, but that the cross ratios varied. [ July 02, 2002: Message edited by: LordValentine ]</p>

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B. H. Manners Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,213	He made a great contribution to science. He will surely be missed.

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