WATSON, James D.

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The Double Helix. First UK edition of this autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, a major work of literary science writing. Written "with a Pepys-like frankness" (Bragg, foreword), it chronicles not only the wonder and beauty of a major breakthrough, but also the politics and turf wars of researchers battling for scientific glory. The US edition was issued earlier in 1968.

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