Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

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James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

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James D Watson, the Nobel-winning co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, has died at 97. His legacy blends scientific triumph ...