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Article: The opportunist, leader and enfant terrible who discovered DNA.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2003
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Byline: Jeffrey Marsh, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
James D. Watson and Francis Crick discovered the famous double helix that described the structure of the DNA molecule, one of the greatest achievements of 20th century science exactly 50 years ago. Mr. Watson was just 25-years-old then, and even though he is now well into his eighth decade, his eminence in the world of biology continues to be accompanied by his reputation as an enfant terrible, which Victor K. McElheny shows in his compelling and balanced new biography to be a carefully cultivated image.
Mr. McElheny is in a unique position to describe Mr. Watson. A science writer who has been ...