Touchstone</br></br>Product Description</br></br>The classic personal account of Watson and Crick??s groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA?? now with an introduct" by Sylvia Nasar?? author of <I>A Beautiful Mind</I>.<BR><BR>By identifying the structure of DNA?? the molecule of life?? Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time?? Watson was only twenty-four?? a young scientist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest account of the heady days of their thrilling sprint against other world-class researchers to solve one of science??s greatest mysteries gives a dazzlingly clear picture of a world of brilliant scientists with great gifts?? very human ambitions?? and bitter rivalries.<BR> <BR>With humility unspoiled by false modesty?? Watson relates his and Crick??s desperate efforts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences?? the identification of the basic building block of life. Never has a scientist been so truthful in capturing in words the flavor of his work.</br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br>"dom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders??"writes James Watson in <I>The Double Helix</I>?? his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick won Nobel Prizes for their work?? and their names are memorized by biology students around the world. But as in all of history?? the real story behind the deceptively simple outcome was messy?? intense?? and sometimes truly hilarious. To preserve the " story for the world?? James Watson attempted to record his first impressions as soon after the events of 1951-1953 as possible?? with all their unpleasant realities and "irit of adventure" intact.<p> Watson holds nothing back when rev