The Writing Life of James D. Watson

By Errol C. Friedberg

Book Overview

James Watson's fame as a scientist and research leader overshadows his considerable achievements as an innovator in the form and style of scientific communication. This book surveys Watson's books and essays from the perennially best-selling The Double Helix through his classic textbooks of the 1960s and 70s, polemics on ethical questions about genetic technology, to more recent works of autobiography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879697008
• ISBN13: 9780879697006
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"