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James Watson
AuthorBooks · Second hand1928-2025
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".
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About James Watson
Birth
1928
Death
2025
First book
1953
Years writing
72
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling. In 1962, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".
James Watson was born in Chicago and became a pivotal figure in molecular biology.
His most famous work, The Double Helix, offers a fascinating insight into the discovery of DNA structure.
Throughout his prolific career, he published 65 works ranging from science to children's fiction.
He was nicknamed the Caligula of biology, a pseudonym reflecting his complex and controversial personality.
Beyond his scientific work, he explored diverse topics such as history and stamp collecting.
