James D. Watson, Ph.D.

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James D. Watson, Ph.D. (b. 1928). James Dewey Watson is one of the discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule. Born in Chicago, he enrolled at the age of 15, earned a B.Sc. in Zoology at the University of Chicago in 1947 and a Ph.D. in Zoology at Indiana University at Bloomington in 1950 before heading to Copenhagen for postdoctoral work.

In 1952, he started at Cavendish Laboratory, where he met Francis Crick. Building on the X-ray diffraction research of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, they together deduced the double helix structure of DNA, which they published in the journal Nature on April 25, 1953. Watson, Crick, and Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery in 1962.

In 1968 Watson wrote The Double Helix, one of the Modern Library's 100 best non-fiction books. The account is the sometimes painful story of not only the discovery of DNA, but the personalities, conflicts and controversy surrounding their work.

This book is a collection of original papers and reprints of previously publihed papers with comments about them and Jim Watson by leading scientists all as part of an extensive tribute to Watson.In science or related academic fields a volume published to honor someone is called a festschrift.

Book Description: Book Description: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S., 2003. Hardback. Book Condition: Brand New. *** NEW COPY *** Pages: 503, Preface Acknowledgments Foreword, by Matt Ridley James D. Watson's Life and Work: A Timeline Section I--ORIGINS Introduction: Student Days Phage Days in Indiana, Renato Dulbecco Quiz Kids, Gunther S. Stent Some Early Recollections of Jim Watson, Seymour Benzer REPRINT: The Properties of X-ray-inactivated Bacteriophage. I. Inactivation by Direct Effect, James Dewey Watson Section II--CAMBRIDGE Introduction: Talking and Thinking Jim's Cool Reception among the British Geneticists, Avrion Mitchison Recollections of Jim Watson, Naomi Mitchison Our Work on Virus Structure, Francis H.C. Crick One Day in the Cavendish (April 1, 1953), Gerald Roland Pomerat Jim and Syd, Sydney Brenner A Letter to Jim, January 14, 2002, Max F. Perutz Monday Morning Quarterback, Elof Carlson "The Night before Crickmas," Rollin Hotchkiss REPRINT: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick REPRINT: Genetical Implications of the Structure of Dexoyribonucelic Acid, J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick REPRINT: The Complementary Structure of Dexoyribonucleic Acid, F.H.C. Crick and J.D. Watson 1953 SYMPOSIUM Introduction: A Day in June Memories of the 1953 Symposium, Robert L. Sinsheimer, Julius Marmur, Charles Yanofsky, Louis Siminovitch, Frank Fenner, Roy J. Britten, Howard Green, Theodore T. Puck, Waclaw Szybalski, Joseph S. Gots, Hillary Koprowski Symposium on "Viruses," The Long-Islander Article Letter to Max Delbruck, James D. Watson REPRINT: The Structure of DNA, J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick Nobel Banquet Speech, James D. Watson Section III--CAREER SCIENTIST Introduction: Caltech, Cambridge, and Harvard Remembering Delbruck, James D. Watson Does RNA Form a Double Helix?, Alexander Rich Flowers and Phage, Joan Steitz On the Edge: My Time in Jim Watson's Lab, Benno Muller-Hill When Ribosomes Were King, Alfred Tissieres It Smells Right., Lionel V. Crawford Excerpt from Naturalist, Edward O. Wilson Growing Up Around Jim, Jeffrey H. Miller Seems Simple, Very Hard to Do, Mark Ptashne Watson at Harvard (1956-1976), Paul Doty REPRINT: Structure of Small Viruses, F.H.C. Crick and J.D. Watson REPRINT: Unstable Ribonucleic Acid Revealed by Pulse Labelling of Escherichia coli, F. Gros, H. Hiatt, W. Gilbert, C.G. Kurland, R.W. Risebrough, and J.D. Watson Section IV--COLD SPRING HARBOR Introduction: An Emotional Attachment Cold Spring Harbor 1958-1968: The Years between Demerec and Watson, John Cairns Life with Jim, Norton D. Zinder CSHL in the Sixties: A View from the Trenches, Ann Skalka REPRINT: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Director's Report, 1989, James D. Watson Jim as a Mentor, 1971-1974, Philip A. Sharp From Development of Yeast Cells to Human Brain Hemispheres, Amar J.S. Klar Big Shoes to Fill, with the Laces Untied, Bruce Stillman Just Jim, Michael Wigler Milestones and Mentoring: How Jim Watson Influenced a Scientific Career, Douglas Hanahan CSHL in Transition, Raymond F. Gesteland Cold Spring Harbor and Recombinant DNA, etc.etc.

A remarkable recouting of the DNA story by a group of scientists who were eyewitnesses to history. A remarkable buy as a gift for the young scientist or teacher or physician,.

The book is signed on the title page by Jim Watson.

Price:$295.00

The autograph comes with a letter of authenticity as to its origin, history and authenticity.