Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. Atheneum, 1968.
James D. Watson
Standard Name: Watson, James D.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Naomi Mitchison | Though timely in its attention to the idea of nuclear holocaust, this book was written before the public interest in a major part of its subject-matter—reproductive technology—began to develop. In this earlier version the dedication... |
| Dedications | Naomi Mitchison | The title alludes to Hitler's notorious Final Solution: a low point for genetic science. It is dedicated to James Watson
, co-discoverer (with Francis Crick
) of the double helix in DNA. The book... |
Timeline
25 April 1953
James D. Watson
and Francis Crick
published the results of their discovery of the three-dimensional structure of DNA, with the help of photographs taken by Rosalind Franklin
and Maurice Wilkins
.
10 December 1962
Francis Crick
and Maurice Wilkins
of Great Britain were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with James D. Watson
of the USA, for their work on DNA.
By May 1968
James D. Watson
published The Double Helix, an account of the discovery of the structure of DNA, the basis of human genetic material; he dedicated it to Naomi Mitchison
.
1975
Anne Sayre
, in her biography Rosalind Franklin
and DNA, set the record straight about Franklin's part in the Nobel-prize-winning research previously credited exclusively to James D. Watson
, Francis Crick
, and Maurice Wilkins
.