In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA and Watson's personal account of the discovery, The Double Helix, was published in 1968. Genes, Girls and Gamow is also autobiographical, covering the period from when The Double Helix ends, in 1953, to a few years later, and ending with a Postscript bringing the story up to date. Here is Watson adjusting to new-found fame, carrying out tantalizing experiments on the role of RNA in biology, and falling in love. The book is enlivened with copies of handwritten letters from the larger than life character George Gamow, who had made significant contributions to physics but became intrigued by genes, RNA and the elusive genetic code. This is a tale of heartbreak, scientific excitement and ambition, laced with travelogue and '50s atmosphere.
| ISBN | 0198606931 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780198606932
(What's this?) | | Pages | 304 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 321 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Publication date | 22 May 2003 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | QH506 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 572.86092 | |
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Foreword; List of Illustrations; Cast of Characters; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Cambridge (England): April 1953; 2. Cambridge (England): April-May 1953; 3. Cold Spring Harbor: June 1953; 4. Cambridge (England): July-August 1953; 5. New Haven, Northern Indiana, and Pasadena: September 1953; 6. Pasadena, Northern Indiana, and the East Coast: October 1953-January 1954; 7. Bethesda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pasadena: January-February 1954; 8. Pasadena: February 1954; 9. Pasadena, Berkely, Urbana, Gatlinburg, and the East Coast: March-April 1954; 10. Pasadena: May 1954; 11. Woods Hole: June 1954; 12. Woods Hole: July 1954; 13. Woods Hole: August 1954; 14. Woods Hole, New Hampshire, and Cambridge (Mass.): August 1954; 15. Northern Indiana and Pasadena: September 1954; 16. Pasadena: October 1954; 17. Pasadena and Berkeley: November-December 1954; 18. Northern Indiana, Cambridge (Mass.), and Washington D.C.: December 1954-January 1955; 19. Pasadena and Berkeley: February-March 1955; 20. The East Coast, Pasadena, and Woods Hole: March-June 1955; 21. Cambridge (England): July 1955; 22. The Continent: August 1955; 23. Cambridge (England), and Scotland: September 1955; 24. Cambridge (England): October 1955; 25. Tubingen, Munich, and Cambridge (England): November-December 1955; 26. English Lake District and Scotland: December 1955-January 1956; 27. Cambridge (England): January-February 1956; 28. Cambridge (England): February 1956; 29. Cambridge (England), Israel, and Egypt: March-April 1956; 30. Cambridge (England): May-June 1956; 31. Baltimore, Cold Spring Harbor, and Cambridge (Mass.): June-September 1956; Epilogue: October 1956-March 1968
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