
Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: A Norton Critical Edition
Title: Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: A Norton Critical Edition Author: James D Watson ISBN: 9780393950755 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Published: 1980 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Science & Math 1623383 Publisher Description: Background materials include reproductions of the original scientific papers in which the double helical structure of DNA was first presented in 1953 and 1954. 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. 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 e