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The Double Helix

James D. Watson info

First published 1968

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About this book

The race to DNA's structure, told candidly.

The author

James D. Watson

1928–2025 · American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate

  • Nobel laureate
  • Copley Medal
  • Lasker Award
  • National Medal of Science
Profession
Biologist, Geneticist, Biochemist, Professor
Worked at
Harvard, Caltech, Cambridge, United States National Institutes of Health
Studied at
Chicago, Indiana University Bloomington
Studied under
Salvador Luria
Prizes
Lasker Award (1960), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962), Copley Medal (1993), National Medal of Science (1997), Guggenheim Fellowship (1965), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1994), Canada Gairdner International Award (2002), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1981), John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1971), EMBO Membership (1985), Masaryk University Gold Medal (1998), Mendel Medal (2000), Philadelphia Liberty Medal (2000), Othmer Gold Medal (2005), Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

Co-discovered the double helix at 25.

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Pairs with: The Eighth Day of Creation (Judson)

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Editions

60 editions · 1 hardcover, 8 paperback · 6 languages

First published 1968

Earliest edition listed: 1968 · New American Library

  • 1968 · New American Library
  • 1968 · Atheneum, New York
  • 1968 · See notes
  • 1968 · Atheneum
  • 1968 · The New American Library
  • 1968 · Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • 1968 · Scribner · Hardcover · ISBN 9780689102851
  • 1968 · Atheneum · [1st ed.]
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  • 1968 · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · ISBN 9780297760429
  • 1968 · New American Library · ISBN 9780456124765
  • 1968 · Weidenfeld and Nicolson
  • 1968 · Atheneum · ISBN 9780393950755
  • 1969 · Penguin Publishing Group · ISBN 9780451613912
  • 1969 · New American Library
  • 1969 · Readers Union
  • 1969 · New American Library
  • 1969 · New American Library
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451623874
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451617088
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451620491
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451618238
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451624765
  • 1969 · Signet · Paperback · ISBN 9780451622808
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451627872
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451621726
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451037701
  • 1969 · Signet · ISBN 9780451625946
  • 1969 · The New American Library · Paperback · ISBN 9780451622808
  • 1969 · Weidenfeld and Nicolson · Readers Union ed.
  • 1969 · New American Library · ISBN 9780451624765
  • 1969 · Readers Union
  • 1970 · Penguin · ISBN 9780140031423
  • 1970 · Jin ri shi jie she · Chu ban · Chinese
  • 1971 · א. לוין אפשטיין · Hebrew
  • 1980 · Norton · 1st ed. · ISBN 9780393012453
  • 1980 · Atheneum · 1st Atheneum paperback ed. · ISBN 9780689706028
  • 1981 · Weidenfeld and Nicolson · New critical ed., including text, commentary, reviews, original papers / edited by Gunther S. Stent. · ISBN 9780297778998
  • 1984 · Laffont · Nouv. éd. revue et augmentée. · French · ISBN 9782010099618
  • 1993 · Rowohlt · 88. - 97. Tsd. · German · ISBN 9783499195709
  • 1997 · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · ISBN 9780297818144
  • 1998 · Scribner · 1st Scribner ed. · ISBN 9780684852799
  • 1998 · Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi yeh gu fen yu xian gong si · Chu ban · Chinese · ISBN 9789571326177
  • 1999 · Penguin Books Ltd · ISBN 9780140268775
  • 2000 · Soundelux Audio Publishing · Audio Cassette · Abridged edition · ISBN 9781559353328
  • 2001 · Langensch.-Hachette, M · Paperback · German · ISBN 9783526451815
  • 2001 · Touchstone · Paperback · ISBN 9780743216302
  • 2001 · Longman · Paperback · New Ed edition · ISBN 9780582451810
  • 2001 · a Touchstone book, published by Simon & Schuster · Paperback · 1st Touchstone ed. · ISBN 9780743216302
  • 2002 · Longman · Paperback · New Ed edition · ISBN 9780582451834
  • 2003 · Yediʻot Aḥaronot · Hebrew · ISBN 9789654485623
  • 2005 · Alianza · Paperback · Tra edition · Spanish · ISBN 9788420635705
  • 2010 · Folio Society
  • 2010 · Phoenix · ISBN 9780753828434
  • 2011 · Scribner · ISBN 9780743219174
  • 2012 · Simon & Schuster, Limited · ISBN 9781476715513
  • 2012 · Brilliance Audio · Audio Cd · ISBN 9781455883509
  • 2012 · Simon & Schuster · 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. · ISBN 9781476715490
  • 2012 · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press · ISBN 9781936113644
  • 2012 · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press · ISBN 9781936113644
  • 2015 · Brilliance Audio · Mp3 Cd · ISBN 9781501264009

The list may be incomplete, especially for older and non-English editions.

Subjects

BiochemistryBiology