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100 1  McElheny, Victor K. 
245 10 Watson and DNA :|bmaking a scientific revolution /|cVictor
       K. McElheny. 
264  1 Cambridge, MA :|bPerseus,|c2003. 
300    xiv, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, portraits ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "A Merloyd Lawrence book." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-345) and 
       index. 
505 0  Books and birds, "Growing Up" in Chicago -- Target, the 
       gene, bloomington and "Paradise" -- Stumbling on gold, two
       smart alecks in Cambridge -- Beautiful molecule, being 
       believed -- Now what? Thrashing around -- Harvard, "Few 
       Dared Call Him to Account" -- Manifesto and marriage -- 
       "Fresh, Arrogant, Catty, Bratty, and Funny" -- Passion for
       building, Cold Spring Harbor -- "Higher" cells, science at
       Cold Spring Harbor -- "Old Man Out", recombinant DNA --
       Genome, "It Is So Obvious" -- Epilogue: "I'm An Optimist."
520    From the discovery of the double helix to the imminent 
       sequencing of the human genome, James Watson has been at 
       dead center in this great biological revolution. Since the
       very morning after his Nobel Prize-winning discovery, he 
       has continued to ride the scientific supernova that he and
       his collaborator, Francis Crick, detonated in 1953. 
       Targeting the big questions, mobilizing the best talent, 
       writing the textbook that defined molecular biology, 
       energizing the "war on cancer," he has served as a prime 
       mover of the DNA era. Now, a distinguished science 
       reporter who has known him for decades and worked for him 
       for four years, with unique access to the scientists who 
       know Watson best, has written an unauthorized, non-
       reverential account of this extraordinary man. While 
       Watson is probably the most influential scientist in the 
       last half-century, he is also one of the most 
       controversial. From the ruthless competition in the race 
       to identify the structure of DNA, to clashes with 
       ethicists over charged issues in genetics, to a chorus of 
       Bronx cheers for his recent memoir, Watson has left a wake
       of detractors as well as fans. Until now, Watson has 
       managed to keep control over his legend, fending off 
       aspiring biographers with his own memoirs. Victor McElheny
       gets behind this invented persona, bringing us close to 
       the relentless genius who triggered and sustained a 
       revolution in science that affects us all. 
600 10 Watson, James D.,|d1928- 
600 12 Watson, James D.,|d1928- 
650  0 Genetics|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Biology|xMolecular genetics|vBiography. 
650  0 DNA|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Genomes|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Molecular biologists|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Molecular genetics. 
650 12 Molecular Biology|zUnited States|vBiography. 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy051/
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