In his classic book, The Double He-lix, Dr. James Watson relates the circumstances
surrounding the pivotal discovery in 1953 of the molecular structure of the DNA molecule …

This book contains a superb collection of sixty essays by some ninety contribu-tors. In it the
scope and depth of one man's scientific accomplishment is brought into focus by the …

Here we are confronted with the work of a young scientist, not long out of adolescence at the
time of participat ing in a great discovery. It is not a con fession in the sense that the author …

“We have found the secret of life!” So Francis Crick exclaimed, bursting into the Eagle pub in
Cambridge, exactly sixty-one years ago. He and his partner, James Watson, had just solved …

Of scientists in general:" Many were cantankerous fools who unerringly backed the wrong
horses. One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that in contrast to the …

The Watson and Crick double helix was an important discovery. There are signs of a
tendency to play it down these days, as if to reduce the stature of the men involved. But there …

Covers 2003 number 2.indd Page 1 19 ENGINEERING & SCIENCE NO . 2 2003 On May 5,
James D. Watson stopped by Caltech for a “conversation” with President David Baltimore on …

In 1968, James Watson published his widely acclaimed autobiographical account of the
discovery of the structure of DNA-The Double Helix." Widely acclaimed" probably does not …

One of the most dramatic events in the history of science was the discovery in 1953 by
James Watson and Francis Crick of the molecular structure of DNA. In this lively, perceptive …

This essay examines an iconic image of twentieth-century science: Antony Barrington
Brown's photograph of James Watson, Francis Crick, and the double-helical model of DNA …