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by James D. Watson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 347 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; illustrated edition edition (22 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192802739
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192802736
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 210,843 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #98 in  Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Biological Science > Molecular Biology
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The Herald (Glasgow), December 12, 2007
'It's never dull.'

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It's never dull. (The Herald (Glasgow) )

A lively and provocative book. (Financial Times, Books of the Year )

Scientists will find the book most interesting. (Irish Times )

The story is frank, personal, revealing and sometimes entertaining. (Peter Lawrence, Literary Review )

...a deliciously detailed account of his life...Watson remains one of the most fascinating scientists of our time, as iconic in some respects as his double helix. (Nature )

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4.0 out of 5 stars A warm and human book, 20 Feb 2008
By Greg Lovett "Renaissance Man" (Oxford, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Watson's account of his life and academic career should be interesting reading both for scientists and non-scientists. There certainly are paragraphs of highly technical material, but don't let that put you off. The book is really about the lessons that Watson has learned in life more generally. It isn't his scientific achievement that stands out - impressive though that is. More engaging is his account of his growth as a person over the years. Recounted in his very concise and elegant writing style, it makes for a very warm and human book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars The worst book on science I have ever read, 5 May 2008
If you are interested in the tedium of daily life, especially the daily life of a scientific bureaucrat, read this book. Else read something (anything!) else. Very little on the amazing discovery of the structure of DNA - he already wrote a book on that which he spends many pages of this book praising - but plenty of every other tedium in this man's life.

Avoid.
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