The Writing Life of James D. Watson |
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| Author:
| Friedberg, Errol C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87969-700-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.