The man who almost discovered the double helix
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The Legend of Asprey
Asprey's discovery that proteins are attractive raw material to the textile industry. One of the best x-ray pictures he ever took of protein fiber, it was from keratin in human hair. The particular lock of hair from which it had come is said to have come from the head of Mozart.
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