# The Least Likely Man

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- Authors: [Franklin H. Portugal](https://www.bookquiver.com/franklin-h-portugal)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2016-10-07

## Description

How unassuming government researcher Marshall Nirenberg beat James Watson, Francis Crick, and other world-famous scientists in the race to discover the genetic code. The genetic code is the Rosetta Stone...

## Editions

### The Least Likely Man

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-993-8
- Pages: 198
- Published: 2016-10-07
- Language: en_US