James Watson

The discovery of the structure of DNA, the unique code that shapes human genes was made by Francis Crick and James Watson. The Double Helix reveals the excitement of the Nobel Prizewinning Crick and Watson as they beat Linus Pauling to the solution of one of the enigmas of science.

The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and published in 1968. In 1998, the Modern Library placed The Double Helix at number 7 on its list of the 100 best nonfiction …