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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in ScienceISBN 0375412840 (0-375-41284-0)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science'Book summary:From a living legendJames D. Watson, who shared the Nobel Prize for having revealed the structure of DNAa personal account of the making of a scientist. In Avoid Boring People, the man who discovered the secret of life shares the less revolutionary secrets he has found to getting along and getting ahead in a competitive world.
Recounting the years of his own formationfrom his fathers birding lessons to the political cats cradle of professorship at HarvardWatson illuminates the progress of an exemplary scientific life, both his own pursuit of knowledge and how he learns to nurture fledgling scientists. Each phase of his experience yields a wealth of age-specific practical advice. For instance, when young, never be the brightest person in the room or bring more than one date on a ski trip; later in life, always accept with grace when your request for funding is denied, and--for goodness sake--dont dye your hair. There are precepts that few others would find occasion to heed (expect to gain weight after you win your Nobel Prize, as everyone will invite you to dinner) and many more with broader application (do not succumb to the seductions of golf if you intend to stay young professionally). And whatever the season or the occasion: avoid boring people.
A true believer in the intellectual promise of youth, Watson offers specific pointers to beginning scientists about choosing the projects that will shape their careers, the supreme importance of collegiality, and dealing with competitors within the same institution, even one who is a former mentor. Finally he addresses himself to the role and needs of science at large universities in the context of discussing the unceremonious departure of Harvard's president Larry Summers and the search for his successor.
Scorning political correctness, this irreverent romp through Watsons life and learning is an indispensable guide to anyone plotting a career in science (or most anything else), a primer addressed both to the next generation and those who are entrusted with their minds. [via]More editions of Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science:
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DNA: The Secret of LifeISBN 0375710078 (0-375-71007-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'DNA: The Secret of Life'Book summary:What makes DNA different from hordes of competitors purporting to help readers understand genetics is that it is written by none other than James Watson, of Watson and Crick fame. He and his co-author Andrew Berry have produced a clear and easygoing history of genetics, from Mendel through genome sequencing. Watson offers readers a sense of immediacy, a behind-the scenes familiarity with some of the most exciting developments in modern science. He gleefully reports on the research juggernaut that led to current obsessions with genetic engineering and cloning. Aided by profuse illustrations and photos, Watson offers an enthusiastic account of how scientists figured out how DNA codes for the creation of proteins--the so-called "central dogma" of genetics. But as patents and corporations enter the picture, Watson reveals his concern about the incursions of business into the hallowed halls of science.
After 1975, DNA was no longer solely the concern of academics trying to understand the molecular underpinnings of life. The molecule moved beyond the cloisters of white-coated scientists into a very different world populated largely by men in silk ties and sharp suits.
In later chapters, Watson aims barbs at those who are concerned by genetic tinkering, calling them "alarmists" who don't understand how the experiments work. It is in these arguments that Watson may lose favor with those whose notions of science were born after Silent Spring. Nevertheless, DNA encompasses both sides of the political issues involved in genetics, and Watson is an enthusiastic proponent of debate on the subject. The book accompanies a 5-part PBS series. --Therese Littleton [via]
The Double HelixISBN 039301245X (0-393-01245-X)
Hardcover, Norton
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The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNAISBN 0140268774 (0-14-026877-4)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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- The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: ISBN 0297778994 (0-297-77899-4)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited - The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: ISBN 0297818147 (0-297-81814-7)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited - The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: ISBN 0140268774 (0-14-026877-4)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
- The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: ISBN 0297778994 (0-297-77899-4)
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The Double Helix:a Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNAISBN 0297760424 (0-297-76042-4)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Double Helix:a Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA'Book summary:"Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders," writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick won Nobel Prizes for their work, and their names are memorized by biology students around the world. But as in all of history, the real story behind the deceptively simple outcome was messy, intense, and sometimes truly hilarious. To preserve the "real" story for the world, James Watson attempted to record his first impressions as soon after the events of 1951-1953 as possible, with all their unpleasant realities and "spirit of adventure" intact.
Watson holds nothing back when revealing the petty sniping and backbiting among his colleagues, while acknowledging that he himself was a willing participant in the melodrama. In particular, Watson reveals his mixed feelings about his famous colleague in discovery, Francis Crick, who many thought of as an arrogant man who talked too much, and whose brilliance was appreciated by few. This is the joy of The Double Helix--instead of a chronicle of stainless-steel heroes toiling away in their sparkling labs, Watson's chronicle gives readers an idea of what living science is like, warts and all. The Double Helix is a startling window into the scientific method, full of insight and wit, and packed with the kind of science anecdotes that are told and retold in the halls of universities and laboratories everywhere. It's the stuff of legends. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Genes, Girls and Gamow : After the Double HelixISBN 0198606931 (0-19-860693-1)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genes, Girls and Gamow : After the Double Helix'Book summary:Readers unfamiliar with James D. Watson's previous memoir, The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, may be surprised that his new one pays as much attention to his pursuit of the perfect woman as to the pursuit of knowledge. But Watson's 1968 book wasn't a bestseller because of its scientific material (though it was lucidly written for the general public); it was his candid portrait of professional rivalries, consuming ambition, and personal eccentricities that made it both popular and controversial. Even today, Watson's lively prose and decidedly frank opinions are still far from the norm. Oh sure, Girls, Genes, and Gamow contains plenty of information about his efforts (with colleagues ranging from bongo-playing Richard Feynman to the free-spirited George Gamow) to unravel the complexities of the RNA molecule from 1953 to '56. But Watson--still in his 20s at the time--also devotes pages to hard drinking, bitter marital breakups, and unwanted pregnancies among his not-so-high-minded peers, and his own anguished affair with a Swarthmore undergrad who left him for a German engineering student. It's not every Nobel Prize-winning biologist who would admit he was thrilled to have his photo in Vogue because it would "make 'with it' American girls more eager to know me," but that boyish openness gives Watson's book its charm. --Wendy Smith [via]
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- Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix: ISBN 0375727159 (0-375-72715-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books - Genes, Girls and Gamow : After the Double Helix: ISBN 0375412832 (0-375-41283-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - Genes, Girls and Gamow : After the Double Helix: ISBN 0198606931 (0-19-860693-1)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
- Genes, Girls, and Gamow: After the Double Helix: ISBN 0375727159 (0-375-72715-9)
Genes, Girls, and GamowISBN 0198509766 (0-19-850976-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Human GenomeISBN 0333971434 (0-333-97143-4)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human GeneISBN 0195151593 (0-19-515159-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Molecular Biology of the GeneISBN 0321223683 (0-321-22368-3)
Softcover, Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
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Nucleic Acid Research: Future DevelopmentISBN 0125016506 (0-12-501650-6)
Hardcover, Academic Pr
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A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and SocietyISBN 019850697X (0-19-850697-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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