The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.

New York, NY New American Library: Signet Books, 1969. Paperback First Edition Thus [1969], First Printing, so stated. First Edition Thus [1969], First Printing, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: formern owner's name at inside front wrapper cover; light wear and faint soiling); binding square and secure; text clean. Overall, remains a handsome little volume. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 143pp. Foreword by Sir Lawrence Bragg. Mass Market Paperback. Eleven Diagrams inserted throughout plus a fifteen page center section of black and white photographic illustrations. An intensely human story that has been called the most significant biological discovery since Darwin. This a book by a scientist about scientists; the inside story of one of the key discoveries of the century, the structure of DNA, the heredity molecule. Delightful, often funny, vividly observant, full of suspense and mounting tension, and so directly candid about the brilliant and abrasive personalities involved and the folkways, noble and eccentric, of scientists.