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• catalog abstract ""Francis Crick and Jim Watson are well known for their discovery of the structure of DNA in Cambridge in 1953. But they shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the Double Helix with a third man, Maurice Wilkins, a diffident physicist who did not enjoy the limelight. He and his team at King's College London had painstakingly measured the angles, bonds, and orientations of the DNA structure - data that inspired Crick and Watson's celebrated model - and they then spent many years demonstrating that Crick and Watson were right before the Prize was awarded in 1962. Wilkin's career had already embraced another momentous and highly controversial scientific achievement - he had worked during World War II on the atomic bomb project - and he was to face a new controversy in the 1970s when his co-worker at King's, the late Rosalind Franklin, was proclaimed the unsung heroine of the DNA story, and he was accused of exploiting her work." "Now aged 86, Maurice Wilkins marks the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Double Helix by telling, for the first time, his own story of the discovery of the DNA structure and his relationship with Rosalind Franklin. He also describes a life and career spanning many continents, from his idyllic early childhood in New Zealand via the Birmingham suburbs to Cambridge, Berkeley, and London, and recalls his encounters with distinguished scientists including Arthur Eddington, Niels Bohr, and J.D. Bernal. He also reflects on the role of scientists in a world still coping with the Bomb and facing the implications of the gene revolution, and considers, in this intimate history, the successes, problems, and politics of nearly a century of science."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13052333.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""Francis Crick and Jim Watson are well known for their discovery of the structure of DNA in Cambridge in 1953. But they shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the Double Helix with a third man, Maurice Wilkins, a diffident physicist who did not enjoy the limelight. He and his team at King's College London had painstakingly measured the angles, bonds, and orientations of the DNA structure - data that inspired Crick and Watson's celebrated model - and they then spent many years demonstrating that Crick and Watson were right before the Prize was awarded in 1962. Wilkin's career had already embraced another momentous and highly controversial scientific achievement - he had worked during World War II on the atomic bomb project - and he was to face a new controversy in the 1970s when his co-worker at King's, the late Rosalind Franklin, was proclaimed the unsung heroine of the DNA story, and he was accused of exploiting her work." "Now aged 86, Maurice Wilkins marks the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Double Helix by telling, for the first time, his own story of the discovery of the DNA structure and his relationship with Rosalind Franklin. He also describes a life and career spanning many continents, from his idyllic early childhood in New Zealand via the Birmingham suburbs to Cambridge, Berkeley, and London, and recalls his encounters with distinguished scientists including Arthur Eddington, Niels Bohr, and J.D. Bernal. He also reflects on the role of scientists in a world still coping with the Bomb and facing the implications of the gene revolution, and considers, in this intimate history, the successes, problems, and politics of nearly a century of science."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Distant shores -- Finding my feet -- In a world at war -- Randall's circus -- Crystal genes -- Go back to your microscopes! -- How does DNA keep its secrets? -- The double helix -- Living with the double helix -- A broader view.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 274 p., [11] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0198606656".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "2004 L-574".
• catalog subject "509.2 21".
• catalog subject "Biophysicists Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "Biophysics Great Britain Personal Narratives.".
• catalog subject "DNA Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "DNA.".
• catalog subject "Physicists Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "Physics Great Britain Personal Narratives.".
• catalog subject "QH505 .W494 2003".
• catalog subject "Scientists Great Britain Biography.".
• catalog subject "WZ 100 W6842 2003".
• catalog subject "Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-".
• catalog subject "Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Distant shores -- Finding my feet -- In a world at war -- Randall's circus -- Crystal genes -- Go back to your microscopes! -- How does DNA keep its secrets? -- The double helix -- Living with the double helix -- A broader view.".
• catalog title "The third man of the double helix : the autobiography of Maurice Wilkins.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".