... I'm tempted to think that a Chinese would have had great difficulty discovering DNA, because ideographic script does not conceive the dynamics of producing large amounts of words by combining a very limited amount of signs. Someone who uses phonetic alphabet would understand the 'book of life' much better.
I've been told that in Beijing there is a statute dedicated to the DNA helix. But, to further comment on differences between East and West, one could well take into consideration the fact that, aside from the double helix, DNA can be thought of as a book written in a 4-letter alphabet. Organisms are 'books' written from the combination of 4 letters. This resembles phonetic script much more than ideographic script...
Very helpful and clear!! Thanks for that!!
Amábille:-)
bibielele 9 months ago
He perhaps should have mentioned the wonderful Rosalind Franklin who as an x-ray chrystallographer and who had a profound influence on their work.
All 3 were so very, very clever.
MegaBrits 3 years ago
theres also a good pub next door.... bath house!! try the gallon challenge.!
buckby101 4 years ago
I'm drunk right now!
MrSafetyUK 5 years ago
... I'm tempted to think that a Chinese would have had great difficulty discovering DNA, because ideographic script does not conceive the dynamics of producing large amounts of words by combining a very limited amount of signs. Someone who uses phonetic alphabet would understand the 'book of life' much better.
lauragabriel 5 years ago
I've been told that in Beijing there is a statute dedicated to the DNA helix. But, to further comment on differences between East and West, one could well take into consideration the fact that, aside from the double helix, DNA can be thought of as a book written in a 4-letter alphabet. Organisms are 'books' written from the combination of 4 letters. This resembles phonetic script much more than ideographic script...
lauragabriel 5 years ago