The writing life of James D. Watson

Author(s)

• Friedberg, Errol C.
• Watson, James Dewey

Bibliographic Information

The writing life of James D. Watson

Errol C. Friedberg

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

James Watson's fame as a scientist and research leader overshadows his considerable achievements as an innovator in the form and style of scientific communication. This book surveys Watson's books and essays from the perennially best-selling The Double Helix through his classic textbooks of the 1960s and 70s, polemics on ethical questions about genetic technology, to more recent works of autobiography.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Foreword by Sydney Brenner Introduction A Life of Writing Autobiography The Double Helix Genes, Girls, and Gamow Advocacy The DNA Story, Director's Reports, and Other Essays DNA: The Secret of Life Textbooks Molecular Biology of the Gene Recombinant DNA Molecular Biology of the Cell Coda Bibliography-James D. Watson Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA78138098
• ISBN:
  • 0879697008
• LCCN: 2004015640
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 193 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH506
  • DC22 : 572.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Watson, James D., 1928-
  • LCSH : Molecular biology -- Authorship
  • LCSH : Technical writing
  • LCSH : Medical writing