The Double Helix
DNA structure book
The Double Helix is the 1968 memoir by James Watson recounting the discovery of DNA's structure.
Watson, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, won the Nobel Prize for identifying DNA's twisted-ladder shape—itself called a double helix.
The book is famous for its candid, competitive portrayal of scientific research and its controversial treatment of Rosalind Franklin's contributions: The Double Helix reads like a thriller about laboratory rivalry.
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- WatsonCommon English surname
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
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