LEADER 00000cam 2200000 a 4500 001 ocm51440191 003 OCoLC 005 20070611000000.0 008 030114s2003 mauabcf b 001 0beng 010 2002011446 016 7 101188388|2DNLM 020 0738203416 020 9780738203416 035 (OCoLC)51440191 040 NLM|beng|cNLM|dEHI|dDPL|dGZM|dCLU|dZ$3|dWSL|dDLC|dBAKER |dNLGGC|dBTCTA|dLVB|dCGC|dNSB 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 GPRA 050 4 QH31.W327|bM33 2003 060 00 2003 N-404 060 10 WZ 100|bW3385M 2003 082 04 570/.92|221 084 35.73|2bcl 084 42.20|2bcl 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/ 2002114461.html 938 Baker & Taylor|bBKTY|c27.50|d20.63|i0738203416|n0004060767 |sactive 994 90|bGPR
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