Jonathan Chiche

Odile Crick’s famous drawing of the DNA double helix was added very late in the writing process, at Bragg’s suggestion. I have just unearthed these notes (photocopies - the location of the originals is unknown, tho I have a good idea) in the Wellcome - too late for my book, which has gone to press!

In the fullest description of the double helix, incl a clear account of their debts to Wilkins and Franklin - the Crick and Watson paper no one ever reads - they describe their approach, which Watson liked to call “model building”. In this edit, Crick gave an earthier and more accurate description:

Chinese title page of the book Yóuzhèngzhì Luómǎ Pīnyīn 郵政制羅馬拼音 (Postal Romanization)

English title page of the book Yóuzhèngzhì Luómǎ Pīnyīn 郵政制羅馬拼音 (Postal Romanization)

Herewith, a short thread on what I learned from this book, Yóuzhèngzhì Luómǎ Pīnyīn 郵政制羅馬拼音 (Postal Romanization), published in 1961 by the Directorate General of Posts in Taiwan.

(Check out the prices in NT$, US$, and HK$. Books were cheap then.)

Who do you see admitting this, and where?

Also, I first thought that "this is so messed up" referred to the grammar of the initial post.

Rétrospective Edward Yang au festival La Rochelle Cinéma, Taiwan Info Avec le soutien du Centre culturel de Taiwan à Paris (CCTP), la 53e édition du festival La Rochelle Cinéma (Fema) présente du 27 juin au 6 juillet une rétrospective ...

Rétrospective Edward Yang au festival La Rochelle Cinéma / Fema

Scan of the Sorbonne PhD register, with names and signatures of viva examiners

It's always a good day when you see Liu Bannong's name pop up in the old Sorbonne PhD register ✨

There were a lot of Chinese students in France back then, but he was the first one among them to go for the full doctorate in Letters at the Sorbonne that required *two* theses

Henry Laurens, 15 décembre 2021, dans son cours au Collège de France "Colonial/post colonial, du bon usage des concepts" : "Didier Raoult se posait dès 2013 comme le tenant d’une science postmoderne… donc ça pouvait nous prévenir pour plus tard". (www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co..., 1:35:47.)

Actually I don't understand what is special with May either...

Good catch! 👍

😳 Why 总计 is translated as "evil plan" is beyond me.

Je n'y connais rien, mais quand je lis « sera construit plus vite » à propos du nucléaire à Taiwan, j'ai l'impression de n'être pas le seul.

Welcome!

Welcome to the archives.

U.S. Aid Helped Two African Countries Rein In HIV. Then Came Trump On 14 May, Temalangeni Dlamini, 20, traveled 10 kilometers from her rural home in southern Eswatini to the Matsanjeni Health Centre for the first check-up of her pregnancy, which was already 8 months....

Over the past 20 years, #PEPFAR has helped reduce #HIV infections. Then, Trump’s administration began dismantling its support.

How has this decision affected those most in need?

A story by grantee @cohenjon.bsky.social for @science.org. bit.ly/4mPYLC4

New catalogue out!

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Victor Hugo's letter.

Envelope of the letter.

One of Victor Hugo's last letters.

"Vous m’accablez. Je ne puis pas, je m’épuise en dons de quinze francs à des familles. Plaignez-moi."

Je ne sais pas vraiment de qui l'on parle et n'ai pas vu le message initial, mais la description me fait penser à une couverture d'« Hara-Kiri » : « l'Église condamne la tarte aux pommes ».

Salut à toi !

Pour faciliter les choses, j'ai mis un sommaire sur le blog, histoire que les différents articles qui y sont publiés soient plus facilement accessibles par thèmes et par catégories.

Bonne lecture à toi !

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A photo catalogue of Taiwan mangoes - two rows

A catalogue of Taiwan mangoes: choose your fighter
#台灣芒果

🧜‍♀️🦢 #Taiwan will release a set of fairy tale #stamps — featuring "The Little Mermaid," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson #安徒生 — on Aug. 4, 2025, the date marking the 150th year of the Danish writer's passing. www.post.gov.tw/post/interne...

Actually there are many small mysteries in the inventory of Taipei public libraries, which may warrant a thread some day.

☹️ Hope you're better soon!

Yes, I think they thought they were two different books. (I intended to mention it but it made the message too long.)

On the other hand, "23" can't be a mistake for "2.3"... (Ditto for the 29 copies of Evelyn Fox Keller's book.)

I find it hard to believe that there ever has been a need for so many copies!

And they only bought 2 copies of "The Genetic Age" and 1 of "As Gods"! (No idea as to why they bought both. I think I only suggested the UK version. Perhaps someone else suggested the US version.)

See also: *29* copies of a Chinese translation of Evelyn Fox Keller's biography of Barbara McClintock. (None being currently on loan.)

Taipei public libraries have 11 copies of Brenda Maddox's book in a US version, 2 in a UK version, and 23 in a Chinese translation. I don't know whether this reflects a genuine widespread interest or if someone felt they were righting a wrong by buying much more copies than necessary.

I very much appreciate your messages on this topic (and am looking forward to your JW biography btw), but they would be easier to follow (at least for me) if the message (i+1)/n was written as a reply to the message i/n (for i ranging from 1 to n-1) rather than what seems to be a separate way.

Taiwan asks foreigners to take road safety survey - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's top government watchdog is inviting foreigners living in the country to complete a questionnaire about how well they believe the public sector is working to improve road safety.

This survey is being conducted by the Control Yuan, which I have come to believe is more important than it appears to be. Often it is the government agency that establishes the facts on which policy is built. So please consider completing the survey.
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Taking notes for the next congress of the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie: where to eat hotdogs in Copenhagen.

hello!! I know everyone is busy/the news remains bad, but if I may distract for a moment? There's a man named Ander Louis from the Yarra Valley whose sincere passion project is translating War & Peace into Bogan Australian. He's done Books 1 & 2. This is not a spoof. www.amazon.com/dp/108730656...