“One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, the reality they are supposed to represent.”

About Erwin Chargaff

Biochemist • American

Erwin Chargaff was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University Medical School. He is best known for his discovery of two rules, now known as Chargaff's...