Book Review

DNA: The Secret of Life describes the discovery of the structure of DNA, its impact, and ongoing importance to the study of Life Science. Most enjoyably told in the first person, by Watson  himself, the target is the significance of DNA to the lay reader who may assume such material is incomprehensible to a nonscientist. Very readable for those "intimidated" by the complexity of the human genome, Dr. Watson has expressed the need for DNA to become a familiar and popular topic among the scientifically literate as well as those capable of becoming so. 

Not always appreciated by female genetic researchers and scientists due to the treatment which Rosalind Franklin and Barbara McClintock were subjected to by their contemporary male colleagues, Watson supplies some very interesting and candid personal "takes" on their lives and work.  A  must read for any young (or older) scholar of life science!

~ Marjorie Tennyson,
AP Biology and Anatomy and Physiology teacher, Hall-Dale High School, Farmingdale & Hallowell Maine
Harpswell resident