Skip navigation
Profiles in Science
Home | Collection Home | Search | Browse | What's New | About

The Francis Crick Papers

Title:
Letter from Francis Crick to James D. Watson (and notes concerning Watson's book, "The Double Helix") pdf (1,756,796 Bytes) ocr (22,673 Bytes)
Description:
In his notes Crick's detailed his critical reaction to Watson's manuscript account of their collaboration, a reaction that did not change and led to a temporary alienation between the two. Crick eventually reconciled himself to the publication of The Double Helix, after concluding that the book's portrait of himself was much more favorable than that of the author himself, and after observing the book's literary success.
Number of Image Pages:
16 (1,756,796 Bytes)
Date:
1966-03-31 (March 31, 1966)
Creator:
Crick, Francis
Recipient:
Watson, James D.
Source:
Original Repository: Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
URL: http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
URL: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
DNA
Ethics, Professional
Writing
Exhibit Category:
The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953
Relation:
Metadata Record Letter from James D. Watson to Francis Crick (May 10, 1966)
Metadata Record Letter from James D. Watson to Francis Crick (March 17, 1966)
Box Number: 75
Folder Number: PP/CRI/I/3/8/4
Unique Identifier:
SCBBLQ
Document Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Notes
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Publication
SubSeries: Other Publications
SubSubSeries: Watson, The Double Helix
Folder: [Correspondence Concerning Publication]
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2006-06-09
U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
USA.gov, Copyright, Privacy, Accessibility
Comments, Viewers, Acknowledgments