Letter from Maurice H. F. Wilkins to James D. Watson

Letter from Maurice H. F. Wilkins to James D. Watson

Contributor(s):
Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Watson, James D., 1928-
Publication:
Produced: 6 October 1966
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA
Ethics, Professional
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Wilkins shared Crick's objections to the publication of Watson's The Double Helix (first called Honest Jim, an ironic and self-deprecating title Watson chose to meet criticism of his and Crick's insufficiently acknowledged use of experimental evidence by other researchers, particularly Rosalind Franklin). Wilkins complained that the book gave a distorted idea of scientists and their methods in part because "[t]he DNA story is not typical of scientific discovery," but was "unusually involved with personal difficulties."
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X155 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBLN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X155
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)