Biographies
Baldwin, Joyce. DNA Pioneer: James Watson and the
Double Helix. New York, NY: Walker Publishing Company, Inc., 1994. A
biography of James Watson written for young adults, which offers a comprehensive,
personal look at the life and work of this dynamic scientist. (2)
Chargaff, Erwin. Heraclitean Fire: Sketches From
a Life Before Nature. New York, NY: The Rockefeller University Press,
1978. The autobiography of the out spoken biochemist known for his discovery
of base-pairing of DNA, a major piece of evidence for the double-helical
structure of DNA. (1)
Keller, Evelyn F. A Feeling for the Organism: The
Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and
Company, 1983. Highly readable and enjoyable biography of Nobel Prize winner
Barbara McClintock, whose work in genetics was not appreciated, or even
understood, for thirty years. (1-3)
Sayre, Anne. Rosalind Franklin and DNA. New York,
NY: The Norton Library, W.W. Norton, 1978. Sayre challenges the characterization
of Rosalind Franklin given by Watson in his popular account. Franklin is
described as an exceptionally competent scientist and a sympathetic person.
(1-4)
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