The double helix : a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA / James D. Watson ; edited by Gunther S. Stent.
| Author/creator | Watson, James D. |
| Other author | Stent, Gunther S. (Gunther Siegmund), 1924-2008. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Norton, ©1980. |
| Description | xxv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Norton critical edition Norton critical edition. ^A538572 |
| Contents | Introduction: The DNA double helix and the rise of molecular biology / Gunther S. Stent -- The author and publication of The double helix / Gunther S. Stent -- A book that couldn't go to Harvard (1968) / Walter Sullivan -- The text of The double helix (1968) -- Three other perspectives: The double helix : a personal view (1974) / Francis Crick -- Molecular basis of biological specificity (1974) / Linus Pauling -- Rosalind Franklin and the discovery of the structure of DNA (1968) / Aaron Klug -- The reviews: A review of the reviews / Gunther S. Stent -- The human factor in a science first (1968) / Philip Morrison -- Notes of a not-Watson (1968) / F.X.S -- "Honest Jim" Watson's big thriller about DNA (1968) / Richard C. Lewontin -- The scientist tells (1968) / Mary Ellmann -- The double helix (1968) / Robert L. Sinsheimer -- Heredity transactions (1968) / John Lear -- Two cultures no more (1968) / Alex Comfort -- Honest Jim and the tinker toy model (1968) / Jacob Bronowski -- Riding high on a spiral (1968) / Conrad H. Waddington -- Three letters to the editor of Science (1969) / Max F, Perutz, M.H.F. Wilkins, and James D. Watson making it scientifically (1968) / Robert K. Merton -- Lucky Jim (1968) / Peter B. Medawar -- Truth, truth, what is truth (about how the structure of DNA was discovered)? (1968) / André Lwoff -- Original papers: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid (Nature, April 25, 1953) / J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick -- Genetical implications of the structure of doxyribonucleic acid (Nature, May 30, 1953) / J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick -- Molecular structure of deoxypentose nucleic acids (Nature, April 25, 1953) / J.H.F. Wilkins, A.R. Stokes and H.R. Wilson -- Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate (Nature, April 25, 1953) / R.E. Franklin and R.G. Gosling -- The structure of DNA (Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 1953 / J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick -- The complementary structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1954) / F.H.C. Crick and J.D. Watson. |
| Abstract | A critical edition of James D. Watson's account of he and Francis Crick's 1953 discovery of the DNA double helix, including reviews by Gunther Stent and other scientists and scholars. |
| General note | APPE gift. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- John Lehman, donor. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Watson, James D., 1928- Double helix. 1st ed. New York : Norton, ©1980 |
| LCCN | 80010770 |
| ISBN | 0393950751 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780393950755 (pbk.) |