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The man who helped to discover the genetic code now provides a moving look at the more personal aspects of inheritance. In this poignant book, Dr. Watson savors the evidence he finds about his father's life and values. It's a perfect book for anyone who has ever learned something from a father. - Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Steve Jobs. The story of the Watson family over generations is filled with fascinating narratives and unexpected turnsEL This is a charming and vivid book, one that adds to our understanding of the author, the towering scientist and always distinctive personality. - Hannah Holburn Gray, President Emerita, University of Chicago James Dewey Watson, Jr. is a progressivebrilliant and courageousbubbling over publicly with new ideas. This memoir of his father [and forebears] EL is crucial to understanding the form of scientist that Jim Watson has become. At a time when American politics is wracked by a seemingly remorseless anti-intellectual fundamentalism, the appeal to reason of Watson, father and son, should be cherished. - Anthony Badger, Mellon Professor of History, Cambridge University

The man who helped to discover the genetic code now provides a moving look at the more personal aspects of inheritance. In this poignant book, Dr. Watson savors the evidence he finds about his father's life and values. It's a perfect book for anyone who has ever learned something from a father. - Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Steve Jobs The story of the Watson family over generations is filled with fascinating narratives and unexpected turns... This is a charming and vivid book, one that adds to our understanding of the author, the towering scientist and always distinctive personality. - Hannah Holburn Gray, President Emerita, University of Chicago James Dewey Watson, Jr. is a progressive--brilliant and courageous--bubbling over publicly with new ideas. This memoir of his father [and forebears] ... is crucial to understanding the form of scientist that Jim Watson has become. At a time when American politics is wracked by a seemingly remorseless anti-intellectual fundamentalism, the appeal to reason of Watson, father and son, should be cherished. - Anthony Badger, Mellon Professor of History, Cambridge University

The man who helped to discover the genetic code now provides a moving look at the more personal aspects of inheritance. In this poignant book, Dr. Watson savors the evidence he finds about his father's life and values. It's a perfect book for anyone who has ever learned something from a father. - Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Steve Jobs The story of the Watson family over generations is filled with fascinating narratives and unexpected turns... This is a charming and vivid book, one that adds to our understanding of the author, the towering scientist and always distinctive personality. - Hannah Holborn Gray, President Emerita, University of Chicago James Dewey Watson, Jr. is a progressive--brilliant and courageous--bubbling over publicly with new ideas. This memoir of his father [and forebears] ... is crucial to understanding the form of scientist that Jim Watson has become. At a time when American politics is wracked by a seemingly remorseless anti-intellectual fundamentalism, the appeal to reason of Watson, father and son, should be cherished. - Anthony Badger, Mellon Professor of History, Cambridge University

The man who helped to discover the genetic code now provides a moving look at the more personal aspects of inheritance. In this poignant book, Dr. Watson savors the evidence he finds about his father's life and values. It's a perfect book for anyone who has ever learned something from a father. - Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Steve Jobs The story of the Watson family over generations is filled with fascinating narratives and unexpected turns... This is a charming and vivid book, one that adds to our understanding of the author, the towering scientist and always distinctive personality. - Hanna Holborn Gray, President Emerita, University of Chicago James Dewey Watson, Jr. is a progressive--brilliant and courageous--bubbling over publicly with new ideas. This memoir of his father [and forebears] ... is crucial to understanding the form of scientist that Jim Watson has become. At a time when American politics is wracked by a seemingly remorseless anti-intellectual fundamentalism, the appeal to reason of Watson, father and son, should be cherished. - Anthony Badger, Mellon Professor of History, Cambridge University

The man who helped to discover the genetic code now provides a moving look at the more personal aspects of inheritance. In this poignant book, Dr. Watson savors the evidence he finds about his father's life and values. It's a perfect book for anyone who has ever learned something from a father. - Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Steve Jobs The story of the Watson family over generations is filled with fascinating narratives and unexpected turns... This is a charming and vivid book, one that adds to our understanding of the author, the towering scientist and always distinctive personality. - Hanna Holborn Gray, President Emerita, University of Chicago James Dewey Watson, Jr. is a progressive--brilliant and courageous--bubbling over publicly with new ideas. This memoir of his father [and forebears] ... is crucial to understanding the form of scientist that Jim Watson has become. At a time when American politics is wracked by a seemingly remorseless anti-intellectual fundamentalism, the appeal to reason of Watson, father and son, should be cherished. - Anthony Badger, Mellon Professor of History, Cambridge University

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James Dewey Watson, a son of Chicago, is the author of numerous books, including The Double Helix, named by the Modern Library to its list of ""100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Twentieth Century"" and by the Library of Congress to its list of ""88 Books That Shaped America"". He is Chancellor Emeritus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in New York.

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