Maurice Wilkins: The Third Man of the Double Helix: An Autobiography

by Maurice Wilkins

Overview

The Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA was given to three scientists - James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. It was the experimental work of Wilkins and his colleague Rosalind Franklin that provided the clues to the structure. Here, Wilkins, who died in 2004, gives us his own account of his life, his early work in physics, the tensions and exhilaration of working on DNA, and his much discussed difficult relationship with his colleague Rosalind. This is a highly readable, and often moving account from a highly distinguished scientist who played one of the key roles in the historic discovery of the molecule behind inheritance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191578144
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	07/14/2005
Series:	Popular Science
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Professor Maurice Wilkins, who died in 2004, was Emeritus Professor of Biophysics at King's College London.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	List of plates	xii
1	Distant shores	1
2	Finding my feet	30
3	In a world at war	59
4	Randall's circus	87
5	Crystal genes	114
6	Go back to your microscopes!	140
7	How does DNA keep its secrets?	168
8	The double helix	196
9	Living with the double helix	222
10	A broader view	246
	Index	267