The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix
- ISBN-10
- 1476715513
- ISBN-13
- 9781476715513
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-06
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- James D. Watson, Alexander Gann, Jan Witkowski
Description
Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the personal relationships between James Watson, Frances Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin, and the making of a scientific revolution.
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