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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

The double helix. A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA.

New York: Atheneum, 1968.

Vivid first hand account of the discovery, renowned for its candor. See also the Norton Critical Edition of The double helix with supporting material, edited by Gunther Stent (1980), and The annotated and illustrated Double Helix, edited by Alexander Gann & Jan Witkowski (2012).

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Entry Number#7139
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/9306
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-double-helix

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York