

Their exciting race against other world-class researchers to solve one of science’s biggest mysteries draws the reader into the world of accomplished scientists with impressive talents, very human appetites, and bitter rivalries.

His firsthand portrayal of his and Crick’s extreme attempts to beat Linus Pauling to the Holy Grail of life sciences, the classification and description of the basic building block of life, the DNA double helix.

Watson was only twenty-four, a youthful scientist eager to achieve relevance in his field. Never before has a scientist been so candid in capturing the essence of his work in writing.įrancis Crick and James Watson transformed biochemistry and won a Nobel Prize with their discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of life. Enter the personal account of James Watson as he experiences the revolutionary discovery of the structure of DNA.
