Avoid Boring People - And other lessons from a life in science (Paperback)

James D. Watson looks back on his extraordinary and varied career - from its beginnings as a schoolboy in Chicago's South Side to the day he left Harvard almost 50 years later, world-renowned as the co-discoverer of DNA - and considers the lessons he has learnt along the way. The result is both an engagingly eccentric memoir and an insightful compendium of lessons in life for aspiring scientists. Watson's 'manners' range from those he learnt bird-watching with his father during the Great Depression ('Avoid fighting bigger boys and dogs' and 'Find a young hero to emulate') to the manners appropriate for a Nobel Prize ('Have friends close to those who rule'). He evokes his time as a graduate student in the 1940s ('Hire spunky lab helpers'); the excitement of working in DNA for the first time as well as having his first dates; his time working as a White House advisor; and at Harvard in the '70s. Avoid Boring People is a quirky, original, wise, and infuriatingly un-put-downable blend of candid anecdotes and revealing insights into the life of one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2008
Authors:	James D. Watson
Dimensions:	196 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	347
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-954818-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Molecular biology Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-954818-8
Barcode:	9780199548187

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