signed first edition Hardcover
2001 · New York
by Watson, James D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375412832 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize Laureate James D. Watson on the title page; This memoir picks up where Watson's book The Double Helix finishes - in 1953 just after the announcement of the discovery of the structure of DNA, an historic achievement that won both Watson and Francis Crick the Nobel Prize. Watson's diary-like entries show him adjusting to his new-found fame, experimenting with the role of RNA in biology and falling in love. Included are copies of hand-written letters from Russian theoretician George Gamow; 8vo; xxx, 259, [45] pages; Signed by Author .
(Inventory #: 14298)