Watson and DNA by McElheny, Victor K. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER PAGE PROLOGUE: 19 OCTOBER 1962 1: BOOKS AND BIRDS: “GROWING UP” IN CHICAGO

“NO MONEY BUT LOTS OF BOOKS” BIRD-WATCHING QUIZ KID AVERY AND SCHRöDINGER LEARNING TO THINK: COLLEGE AT 15

2: TARGET, THE GENE: BLOOMINGTON AND “PARADISE”

“HIGH-POWER MINDS” “FUN AND GAMES” WITH MAX X-RAY SURVIVAL “LONG WINTER OF RAIN AND DARKNESS” “WHY NOT ME?”

3: STUMBLING ON GOLD: TWO SMART ALECKS IN CAMBRIDGE

“A Nagging Yet Productive Symbiosis” FIASCO CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT DNA LINUS’S MISTAKE “JUST A BEAUTIFUL HELIX” STEEPLECHASE BASE PAIRING

4: A BEAUTIFUL MOLECULE: BEING BELIEVED

CONVINCING THEMSELVES THE HIDDEN FUTURE CONVINCING COLLEAGUES ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY THE FIRST PUBLICITY CHANGE AT COLD SPRING HARBOR “FOR A MOMENT, THE ROOM REMAINED SILENT”

5: NOW WHAT? THRASHING AROUND

“DEAR ROSALIND” ROMANCE, A SUMMER IN CAMBRIDGE, AND THE GENETIC CODE “MUCH TRAVAIL” IN PASADENA A “WISKIE TWISTY” PARTY IN WOODS HOLE JIM “WAS VERY INTROVERTED THEN” GETTING JIM TO HARVARD REJECTION

6: HARVARD: “FEW DARED CALL HIM TO ACCOUNT”

“A Laboratory of Special Influence” MAKING ENEMIES A “CONFIDENTIAL” STYLE OF LECTURING GOADING YOUNG RESEARCHERS VIRUSES AND CANCER INCREASING FAME NOBEL PRIZE

7: MANIFESTO ANDMARRIAGE

DEFINING THE FIELD: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE DOES THE RIBOSOME CARRY THE MESSAGE? THE “PERFECT COUPLE” MESSENGER RNA GENETIC CODE FORWARD GEAR A VIEW FROM THE PERIPHERY REVERSE GEAR LIZ

8: “FRESH, ARROGANT, CATTY, BRATTY, AND FUNNY”

Watson: “I Can’t Imagine Francis Being Harmed” CRICK: “A VIOLATION OF FRIENDSHIP” LWOFF: “MAY GOD PROTECT US FROM SUCH FRIENDS!” MORRISON: “SEEKING ROOM AT THE TOP” WHY ALL THE FUSS?

9: A PASSION FOR BUILDING: COLD SPRING HARBOR

ALWAYS EDGY “A LAB NEAR DEATH” BIG GOALS FIXING THE PLACE UP THE CRUCIAL GIFT “DNA TOWN” LIMITS MANAGEMENT STYLE SUCCESSION

10: “HIGHER CELLS”: SCIENCE AT COLD SPRING HARBOR

THE PRESSURE TO KEEP IN TOUCH “THE NEXT BIG HARD PROBLEM” RESTRICTION ENZYMES RETROVIRUSES JIM DROPS IN LIGHTING UP THE “CYTOSKELETON” “EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD CAME THROUGH” CLOSE QUARTERS PRICE OF FAME ‘“HE’LL GIVE YOU A PROJECT” “JIM WAS REALLY HEARTBROKEN” “WE WERE HIS YEAST GUYS” SPLIT GENES GAZING “UPWARD AT THE BRAIN”

11: “ODDMAN OUT”: RECOMBINANT DNA

GERM WARFARE? “RIDICULOUS” CLONING “WAR” ON CANCER ROBERT POLLACK HAS A FIT “ALMOST MAGICAL” TOOLS LETTER TO COLLEAGUES: HOLD OFF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE BOMB ASILOMAR II: “THE WORST WEEK OF MY LIFE” HYSTERIA AFTER ASILOMAR “I FELT WE WERE IN REAL TROUBLE” THE CRITICAL YEAR: 1977 WAIT UNTIL THE SUN BURNS OUT?

12: GENOME: “IT IS SO OBVIOUS”

WHO? A STARTLING IDEA GENETIC FOCUS ON DISEASE MAPPING, RADIATION, CANCER, GENE THERAPY, AND MACHINES SANTA CRUZ SANTA FE STORM CLOUDS EMOTION AT COLD SPRING HARBOR HAMMERING OUT THE DEAL: BRUCE ALBERTS’ COMMITTEE COLLIDING WITH DAVID BALTIMORE START-UP PREEMPTIVE STRIKE: “SOME VERY REAL DILEMMAS” A SPLASH OF JINGOISM OPPONENTS TRY AGAIN: “I’M SITTING HERE STARVING” RECRUITING “I WAS FIRED” “THANK YOU, SIR”

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