Author
- John Shepherd (Summer 1998)
James D. Watson. 1968. The Double Helix. WW Norton. A Norton
Critical Edition. Gunther Stent, Editor ISBN 0-393-95075-1
Table of Contents * recommended for
faculty, ** recommended for students
Introduction
- *Gunther
S. Stent - The DNA Double Helix and the Rise of Molecular
Biology xi
- *Gunther
S. Stent - The Author and Publication of The Double Helix
xxii
- Walter Sullivan - A Book That Couldn't Go to Harvard
(i968) xxiv
**The Text of The Double Helix (1968) I -
133
Three Other Perspectives
- *Francis
Crick - The Double Helix: A Personal View (I974) I37
- Linus Pauling - Molecular Basis of Biological Specificity
(1974) 146
- *Aaron
Klug - Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of the
Structure of DNA (i968) I53
The Reviews
- **Gunther
S. Stent A Review of the Reviews 161
- Philip Morrison - The Human Factor in a Science First
(1968) 175
- **F.
X. S. - Notes of a Not-Watson (1968) 177
- **Richard
C. Lewontin - "Honest Jim" Watson's Big
Thriller about DNA (1968) 185
- Mary Ellmann - The Scientist Tells (1968) 187
- **Robert
L. Sinsheimer - The Double Helix (1968) 191
- John Lear - Heredity Transactions (1968) 194
- Alex Comfort - Two Cultures No More (1968) 198
- **Jacob
Bronowski - Honest Jim and the Tinker Toy Model (1968)
200
- Conrad H. Waddington - Riding High on a Spiral (1968) 204
- Max F. Perutz, M. H. F. Wilkins, and James D. Watson -
Three Letters to the Editor of Science (1968) 207
- **Robert
K. Merton - Making It Scientifically (1968) 213
- **Peter
B. Medawar - Lucky Jim (1968) 2I8
- Andre Lwoff - Truth, Truth, What Is Truth (About How the
Structure of DNA Was Discovered)? (1968) 225
Original Papers
- J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick - A Structure for
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (Nature, April 25, 1953) 237
- J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick - Genetical Implications
of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Nature, May
30, 1953) 241
- J. H. F. Wilkins, A. R. Stokes and H. R. Wilson Molecular
Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids (Nature, April
25, I953) 247
- R. E. Franklin and R. G. Gosling - Molecular
Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate (Nature, April 25,
1953) 252
- J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick - The Structure of DNA
(Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology,
1953) 257
- F. H. C. Crick and J. D. Watson - The Complementary
Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Proceedings of the
Royal Society, I954) 274
