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The Annotated And Illustrated Double Helix
James D. Watson
Simon & Schuster
November 2012
On Sale: November 6, 2012
368 pages ISBN: 1476715491 EAN: 9781476715490 Kindle: B00570ALPC Hardcover / e-Book
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Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize
for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an
annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives
new insights into the personal relationships between James
Watson, Frances Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind
Franklin, and the making of a scientific revolution.
In his 1968 memoir, The Double Helix, the brash
young scientist James Watson chronicled the drama of the
race to identify the structure of DNA, a discovery that
would usher in the era of modern molecular biology.
Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski have built upon this
gripping narrative, juxtaposing Watson’s racy account with
the observations of other protagonists and offering an
enhanced perspective on the now legendary story of Watson
and Crick’s discovery. Gann and Witkowski have mined
many sources, including a trove of newly discovered
correspondence belonging to Francis Crick (mislaid some
fifty years ago) and the archives of Maurice Wilkins, Linus
Pauling, Rosalind Franklin, and Watson and Crick themselves.
Also in this edition are Watson’s own account of the Nobel
Prize award and celebrations, appendixes that include an
account of the book’s controversial first publication, and a
chapter dropped from the original edition, as well as an
extraordinary assortment of documents and photographs— many
never before published. This wealth of material contributes
depth and color to Watson’s novelistic text and places
events in their contemporary scientific and social context.
After half a century, the implications of the double
helix keep rippling outward; the tools of molecular biology
have forever transformed the life sciences and medicine.
The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix adds new
richness to the account of the momentous events that led the
charge.
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