The Double Helix
A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
James D. Watson
The narrative provides an insider's perspective of the scientific race to uncover the structure of DNA, focusing on the collaborative efforts, personal rivalries, and the pivotal contributions of researchers like Rosalind Franklin. It details the intellectual journey and the critical experiments that led to Watson and Crick's groundbreaking identification of the double helix model in 1953.
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