The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix. Signed, Limited

Watson Ph.D., James D.; Gann, Alexander; Witkowski Ph.D., Jan

ISBN 10: 1476715491 / ISBN 13: 9781476715490

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2012

About this Item

Fine in full decorative brown leather in a Fine slipcase. Easton bookplate and signed Certificate of Authenticity laid in. #1267 of 1962 copies.

Seller Inventory # 159620

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix. Signed, Limited
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476715491
• ISBN 13: 9781476715490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

About this title

Synopsis

In his 1968 memoir, The Double Helix (Readers Union, 1969), the brash young scientist James Watson chronicled the drama of the race to identify the structure of DNA, a discovery that would usher in the era of modern molecular biology. After half a century, the implications of the double helix keep rippling outward; the tools of molecular biology have forever transformed the life sciences and medicine. The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix adds new richness to the account of the momentous events that led the charge.

About the Author

James Watson studied zoology at the University of Chicago, subsequently moving to Europe to work in Copenhagen and Cambridge, where together with Francis Crick, he solved the structure of DNA, for which they received a share of the Nobel Prize in 1962. From 1961 he was Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Harvard. Steve Jones is Professor of Genetics and head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College, London. He is a television presenter and a prize-winning author and he has a regular science column in the DAILY TELEGRAPH.