Author

Books by James D. Watson

James D. Watson is an American molecular biologist who, together with Francis Crick, proposed the double-helix model of DNA in 1953. He shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Maurice Wilkins. Watson subsequently directed Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for decades and helped launch the Human Genome Project. He has been a controversial figure throughout his career, most notably for statements on race and genetics that were widely condemned and led to the removal of his honorary titles at Cold Spring Harbor in 2019. The Double Helix remains his most widely read work.