DNA: The Secret of Life. Signed first edition, first impression

James D. Watson

ISBN 10: 0434011169 / ISBN 13: 9780434011162

Published by William Heinemann Ltd, 2003

About this Item

DNA. The Secret of Life by James Watson. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page 'To Joe from Jim Watson'. This book is in very good condition. The black boards have minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The silvered titling on t he spine is bright. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. A previous owner has written a dedication on the ffep. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with some bumping to the edges and general light shelfwear marks. There are no tears or chips. The dust jacket has been price clipped. Note this is a heavy book at approximately 1.5Kg. As the final weight including packaging may well exceed 2Kg, the delivery costs will exceed the minimum shown. Purchase of this book therefore requires the purchaser to be prepared to pay the extra postage if necessary. Please discuss before final purchase is agreed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DNA: The Secret of Life. Signed first edition, first impression
• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434011169
• ISBN 13: 9780434011162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First Edition
  • Natural History

About this title

Synopsis

Along with Francis Crick, James Watson was the discoverer of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, realising both how it was able to reproduce itself and how, through its immense variety, it was able to pass on genetic instructions from one generation to the next. Their discovery paved the way for fifty years of explosive scientific achievement, of extraordinary importance both in strictly scientific terms and for its technological and social significance. From Dolly the sheep to GM foods to designer babies, science-related newspaper headlines have been dominated by the implications of their work. In this book, written to tie-in with a major PBS series in the US, Watson tells the story of this research and its impact on the world in which we live, from its beginnings to the present.

About the Author

Born in the US, James Watson won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine in 1962 for elucidating the structure and function of DNA, while working with Francis Crick in Cambridge. For the last three decades, he has been at the Cold Spring Harbor Lab in New York state, for most of the time as its director. He is the author of a number of books, including the international bestseller The Double Helix.