false 126061 26 <strong>Since its publication in 1968, <em>The Double Helix</em> has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research—Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA.<br /></strong> In this Norton Critical Edition, Watson's lively and irreverent account is placed in historical perspective by Gunther Stent's introduction and by retrospective views from two major figures in the adventure, Francis Crick and Linus Pauling, and by Rosalind Franklin's last student, Aaron Klug.<br /> <br /> Background materials include reproductions of the original scientific papers in which the double helical structure of DNA was first presented in 1953 and 1954.<br /> <br /> In Criticism, which begins with "A Review of the Reviews" by Gunther Stent, other scientists and scholars reveal their own experiences and views of Watson's story.<br /> <br /> There are reviews by Philip Morrison, F. X. S., Richard C. Lewontin, Mary Ellmann, Robert L. Sinsheimer, John Lear, Alex Comfort, Jacob Bronowski, Conrad H. Waddington, Robert K. Merton, Peter M. Medawar, and André Lwoff; as well as three letters to the editor of Science by Max F. Perutz, M. H. F. Wilkins, and James D. Watson. . 452382 1968 The Double Helix total:849|5:156|4:280|3:302|2:86|1:25| 849 3003 1178 109 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Fri Feb 27 11:35:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:49:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 18 10:08:16 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 10:08:16 -0700 2009
I think the good part of the book is relating how competitive science can be. Being second to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 23:04:33 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 23:05:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Wed Jul 22 22:07:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 22:12:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 06:43:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 06:50:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 07:54:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 09:01:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Tue Nov 11 06:09:31 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 06:38:00 -0800 2008 In this book James D. Watson chronicles the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA along with Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins.

It is a fascinating first-person account of what Watson was experiencing as it occurred, and includes his thoughts as he ref...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 04 20:53:36 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 20:54:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Fri May 18 22:00:08 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 22:21:19 -0700 2007 I was in the eleventh grade back in 1970, debating a career in medicine versus science (yes, in India in those days you decided at the end of eleventh grade what career you would choose for the rest of your life, with little chance of changing later). It was this boo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 11:07:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 11:11:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 24 08:08:50 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 13 18:34:48 -0700 2009
Now that I'm done, I think the basic problem I had getting going with the...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 11:11:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:15:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 13:40:16 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 13:42:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 11:16:15 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 11:20:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 22 12:47:55 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 12:55:22 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:42:28 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:59:21 -0700 2009 The Double Helix is a matter-of-fact account of the events leading up to the discovery of DNA's structure. It reads like a lightly polished series of journal entries, with a complete cast of academic personalities in their suspicion, ambition, and quirky brilliance. Not all readers will be intereste...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 18:32:04 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 18:56:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 20:49:42 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 20:53:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Thu Jan 22 11:00:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 11:04:42 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jul 17 08:39:20 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 02 10:47:53 -0800 2009
Pros: Emphasizes the importance of being able to access a free, open, creative, in some ways childish state of mind in order to allow for truly creative and "defocalized" ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=126061