The Double Helix

I had wanted to read the The Double Helix since forever. I knew the DNA story, and in some detail too, but learning it from the horse's mouth is always a different deal. And it did not disappoint. It's the chronicle of the discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson and Crick in 1953 (which in turn led to a Nobel prize in 1962), by Watson himself. The things that stand out immediately are his honesty and his bluntness. Without mingling words, he tells the reader where he went wrong, and where others went wrong, before eventually discovering the right answer. There are false starts, professional jealousy and so on; but there also is a sense of fair play, and a thought given to the regular life. Once started, you can not put it down. Don't miss it!