A crucial contribution. Rosalind Franklin made a crucial contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, but some would say she got a raw deal. Biographer Brenda Maddox called ...

James Watson always wanted to be a part of something big. The so-called "brat-genius" of DNA has had the knack of being in the right place at the right time, coupled with an intellect keen enough ...

"Once I had the sentence 'I never saw Francis Crick in a modest mood,' I knew that I'd be able to stick it through to the end." That was how James D. Watson, professor of Biochemistry and ...