Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.
Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...
James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...
In his later years, Watson's reputation was tarnished by comments on genetics and race that led him to be ostracized by the ...
The scientist leaves behind a complicated legacy after making a slew of offensive remarks during the later part of his life.
In 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. However, it has long been believed that the ...
Remembered for breakthrough with Francis Crick, Watson was later ostracised by the scientific establishment over comments on ...
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Obituary: James Watson, US biologist and author who discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953 along with Francis Crick
James Watson, who has died aged 97, was the 25-year-old American biologist who in 1953, with Francis Crick, revealed the double helix structure of DNA, the chemical from which genes are made. For this ...
The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...
US biochemist was responsible with the UK’s Francis Crick for 20th century’s most important biological discovery ...
James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...
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