Letter from Paul Doty to Francis Crick
- Title:
- Letter from Paul Doty to Francis Crick
- Creator:
- Doty, Paul M., 1920-2011
- Recipient:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Date:
- 16 March 1967
- Description:
- In this letter Doty, a scientific colleague and friend of both Crick and Watson, supported Watson's plan to publish The Double Helix despite Crick's objections. Doty argued that by making the process of scientific discovery accessible to lay readers, the book served an important purpose "because science has come to lie so completely in the public realm from which it derives its support."
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 75. Folder: PP/CRI/I/3/8/4
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of Paul Doty.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- DNA and Ethics, Professional
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Legacy ID:
- SCBBKQ
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X139
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X139
- Story Section:
- The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953