By James D. Watson THE DOUBLE HELIX 1968 THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE 1965 (Second Edition, 1970; Third Edition, 1976) SCRIBNER 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com Copyright © 1968 by Elizabeth L. Watson, as Trustee under Agreement with James D. Watson dated November 2, 1971 Copyright renewed © 1996 by James D. Watson All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition 1998 SCRIBNER PAPERBACK FICTION and design are trademarks of Macmillan Library Reference USA, Inc., used under license by Simon & Schuster, the publisher of this work. Manufactured in the United States of America 7 9 10 8 6 The Library of Congress has cataloged the Atheneum edition as follows: Watson, James D. 1928- The double helix. 1. Deoxyribonucleic acid. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. DNA. 2. Biochemistry—History. QU58W339d 1968a] QD435.W37 1980 574.87′3282 80-13990 ISBN 0-684-85279-9 Portions of this book were first published in The Atlantic Monthly. 978074321917 (eBook) For Naomi Mitchison