Inspiring Science Jim Watson and the Age of DNA

Preface Acknowledgments Foreword, by Matt RidleyJames D. Watson’s Life and Work: A Timeline Section I—ORIGINSIntroduction: Student Days Phage Days in Indiana, Renato DulbeccoQuiz Kids, Gunther S. StentSome Early Recollections of Jim Watson, Seymour BenzerREPRINT: The Properties of X–ray–inactivated Bacteriophage. I. Inactivation by Direct Effect, James Dewey Watson Section II—CAMBRIDGEIntroduction: Talking and Thinking Jim’s Cool Reception among the British Geneticists, Avrion MitchisonRecollections of Jim Watson, Naomi MitchisonOur Work on Virus Structure, Francis H.C. CrickOne Day in the Cavendish (April 1, 1953), Gerald Roland PomeratJim and Syd, Sydney BrennerA Letter to Jim, January 14, 2002, Max F. PerutzMonday Morning Quarterback, Elof Carlson“The Night before Crickmas,” Rollin HotchkissREPRINT: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, J.D. Watson and F.H.C. CrickREPRINT: Genetical Implications of the Structure of Dexoyribonucelic Acid, J.D. Watson and F.H.C. CrickREPRINT: The Complementary Structure of Dexoyribonucleic Acid, F.H.C. Crick and J.D. Watson 1953 SYMPOSIUMIntroduction: A Day in June Memories of the 1953 Symposium, Robert L. Sinsheimer, Julius Marmur, Charles Yanofsky, Louis Siminovitch, Frank Fenner, Roy J. Britten, Howard Green, Theodore T. Puck, Waclaw Szybalski, Joseph S. Gots, Hillary KoprowskiSymposium on “Viruses,” The Long–IslanderArticle Letter to Max Delbruck, James D. WatsonREPRINT: The Structure of DNA, J.D. Watson and F.H.C. CrickNobel Banquet Speech, James D. Watson Section III—CAREER SCIENTISTIntroduction: Caltech, Cambridge, and Harvard Remembering Delbruck, James D. WatsonDoes RNA Form a Double Helix?, Alexander RichFlowers and Phage, Joan SteitzOn the Edge: My Time in Jim Watson’s Lab, Benno Muller–HillWhen Ribosomes Were King, Alfred TissieresIt Smells Right..., Lionel V. CrawfordExcerpt from Naturalist, Edward O. WilsonGrowing Up Around Jim, Jeffrey H. MillerSeems Simple, Very Hard to Do, Mark PtashneWatson at Harvard (1956–1976), Paul DotyREPRINT: Structure of Small Viruses, F.H.C. Crick and J.D. WatsonREPRINT: Unstable Ribonucleic Acid Revealed by Pulse Labelling of Escherichia coli, F. Gros, H. Hiatt, W. Gilbert, C.G. Kurland, R.W. Risebrough, and J.D. Watson Section IV—COLD SPRING HARBORIntroduction: An Emotional Attachment Cold Spring Harbor 1958–1968: The Years between Demerec and Watson, John CairnsLife with Jim, Norton D. ZinderCSHL in the Sixties: A View from the Trenches, Ann SkalkaREPRINT: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Director’s Report, 1989, James D. WatsonJim as a Mentor, 1971–1974, Philip A. SharpFrom Development of Yeast Cells to Human Brain Hemispheres, Amar J.S. KlarBig Shoes to Fill, with the Laces Untied, Bruce StillmanJust Jim, Michael WiglerMilestones and Mentoring: How Jim Watson Influenced a Scientific Career, Douglas HanahanCSHL in Transition, Raymond F. GestelandCold Spring Harbor and Recombinant DNA, Thomas ManiatisREPRINT: Origin of Concatemeric T7 DNA, J.D. WatsonJim and the Board: Behind the Scenes, Bayard ClarksonVision, Innovation, Breadth, and Strength, David L. Luke IIIPortraits: Robertson, Pulling, and Grace, James D. WatsonA Morning on the Porch, Jim EisenmanAn Architect at the Lab: Some Personal Recollections, William Grover Section V—GENOMESIntroduction: Managing the Genome Dr. Watson Goes to Washington, Bradie MethenyJim Watson and the Human Genome Project, James B. WyngaardenThe Colossus of Codes, Robert Cook–DeeganJim and the Japanese Human Genome Project, Kenichi MatsubaraClimbing the Ladder of Life: James D. Watson and the ELSI Years, Nancy Wexler Section VI—EDUCATIONIntroduction: Communicating Science The Pied Piper at Harvard, David BotsteinThere Is More Yet to Come, Arnold J. LevineWhat I Have Learned from Jim, Bruce M. AlbertsOn Drawing Molecules, Keith RobertsEducation by the Sea Shore, Jan Witkowski and John InglisEndnotes Bibliography—James D. Watson IndexInglis, John is the author of 'Inspiring Science Jim Watson and the Age of DNA' with ISBN 9780879696986 and ISBN 0879696982.