WATSON, James.
The Double Helix.
The Double Helix.
A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Stock Code 119950
New York, Atheneum, 1968.
one of the great scientific memoirs
First edition, first printing.The Double Helix is one of the most significant first-hand accounts of the scientific process written during the 20th century. With 'Pepys-like frankness', Watson describes science as it actually happens, including the frustrations, dead-ends, and gritty politics. Richard Feynman praised this account, writing that 'he has described admirably how it feels to have that frightening and beautiful experience of making a great scientific discovery'. The Double Helix is also known for Watson's unashamed belittling of chemist Rosalind Franklin, whose work in crystallography formed the basis for Watson and Crick's analysis of DNA's structure.
First edition; 8vo; diagrams and illustrations from monochrome photos within the text, contemporary inked ownership signature to the front free endpaper; original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, red endpapers, top edge dyed yellow, spine rolled, edges of boards a little faded and rubbed, a very good copy in the rubbed jacket that is faded along the spine panel, and with some nicks and short closed tears repaired with tape on the verso; 226pp.
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