Has anyone read The Double Helix? By James D. Watson?

Question

I need to know how this book relates to chemistry.

thanks (:

Answer 1

Hi there...
It can be related to chemistry after all.... It deals about the structure of DNA. Although it may seem to be more of a biochemist's book, it has chemistry in it... The structure of DNA, the arrangement of bases, sugars, etc... and their conformation are all related to chemistry of molecules.

Answer 2

This book which was brought out nearly four decades ago will be remembered for the story and construction of the model and his association and interaction with Rosalind and Crick and other giants of his time like Pauling. It has biographical overtones rather than a chemistry or biochemistry.It is a small paperback which can be gone through in a day.

Answer 3

perhaps you need to write some thing approximately Watson's modern very racist statements to the British press...i might assessment his statements with what's prevalent approximately DNA (ie race would not exist). yet an option decision may be to place in writing approximately contributions to the progression of DNA from a particular woman researcher at Cambridge who have been given no credit in spite of laying the completed commencing place. an extremely final concept is write some thing on the concept of "splendor" in biology. As you already know from they (VERY short) e book, Watson and Crick have been prepared with reference to the concept DNA, the construction block of humanity, had to have a captivating shape and the double helix gave them that. it is often compaired with ancent greek and renaissance techniques of splendor in the human style and in nature.

Answer 4

Years ago, it is short and well written, and an easy read.

How does it relate to chemistry? Either it was Watson or Crick or both of them were at Indiana University, and tried to boil benzene in a beaker using a bunsen burner, and it blew up on them. My memory is not so good, only my impression was they were not very good bench chemists.

Maybe you better read the book, I am not much help on this one.

Oh yes, their advisor kept on complaining to them that they were enrolling in classes that biology students had no business being in, like crystalography. They were about to get in trouble for it when they (or was it Rose) broke the code.

Answer 5

It is chock full of biochemistry and sterochemistry. Not a long book and you need to read it.

Answer 6

i have it talks about it in the book