DNA (Fully Revised and Updated): The Story of the Genetic Revolution by James Watson (Author)

An immediate classic. -- E. O. Wilson

Marvellous and comprehensive., Nature

A wonderful book., Sunday Telegraph

James Watson is one of the greatest living biologists. His new book is an important event, for he is a scintillating writer., Sunday Times

James Watson has been an eyewitness to each revolution in molecular biology, from the double helix to the genome. He sees further and clearer than anybody else in the field. Give this fabulously good book to anybody who wants to understand what all the excitement is about. -- Matt Ridley

Born in the US, James Watson won the Nobel Prize for Physiology/ Medicine in 1962. He is the author of a number of books, including the international bestseller The Double Helix.