Research Catalog

Title

The DNA doctor : candid conversations with James D. Watson / by István Hargittai.

Author

Hargittai, István.

Publication

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2007.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xii, 220 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Three in-depth conversations with the Nobel laureate co-discoverer of the double helix and the first director of the Human Genome Project cover a wide range of topics, including progress in science, the scientist's role in modern life, women in science, scientific ethics, terrorism, religion, multiculturalism, and more.

Subject

• DNA > history
• DNA > history > Interview
• Molecular Biology
• Molecular Biology > history
• Molecular Biology > history > Interview
• Molecular biologists > United States > Interviews
• Molecular biology
• Watson, James D
• Watson, James D., 1928-
• Watson, James D., 1928- > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Interview
• Interviews
• Interviews.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

First conversation -- Second conversation -- Third conversation -- Appendix 1 : sampler of quotable Watson -- Appendix 2 : Watson through the eyes of others : a sampler -- Appendix 3 : J.D. Bernal's review of The double helix -- Appendix 4 : Watson's foreword to The road to Stockholm.

ISBN

• 9789812707963 (hbk.)
• 9812707964 (hbk.)
• 9812707972 (pbk.)
• 9789812707970

LCCN

^^2007282376

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library