Correspondence concerning Waddington's review of James Watson's book "The Double Helix", 1968
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/5/4/2
Scope and Contents
The correspondence mainly involves various individuals, including Maurice Wilkins, Guido Pontecorvo and the Earl of Halsbury, responding to Waddington's review.
Dates
- Creation: 1968
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted.
Biographical / Historical
Watson's book - an account of his discovery with Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins of the double helix in 1953 - was published by Weidenfield and Nicolson in 1966. Waddington reviewed the book in the Sunday Times, 26 May 1968, under the title ‘Riding High on a Spiral’.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1035
Subject
- Giffard, John Anthony Hardinge, 3rd Earl of Halsbury, 1908-2000 (British peer and scientist) (Person)
- Pontecorvo, Guido, 1907-1999 (Italian geneticist) (Person)
- Watson, James Dewey, 1928-: (molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA) (Person)
- Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916-2004 (physicist and molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate) (Person)
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk