双螺旋
The double helix
James D. Watson、Grover Gardner narrator、Alexander Gann、Jan Witkowski · 初版 1968 年
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为什么值得读
- 引人入胜且情节像小说一样极度扣人心弦
- 揭示了现代生物学诞生初期的真实研究图景
- 毫不避讳科学竞争中涉及富兰克林成果的争议
通过确定生命分子DNA的结构，Francis Crick和James Watson彻底革新了生物化学，并为自己赢得了诺贝尔奖。当时，Watson只有24岁，是一名渴望崭露头角的年轻科学家。他以毫不掩饰的坦诚，记录了他们与其他世界级研究人员争分夺秒破解科学史上最大谜题之一的狂热岁月，清晰生动地描绘了一个由才华横溢、充满人情味野心与激烈竞争的科学家所构成的世界。Watson以未被虚饰的谦逊所玷污的真诚，讲述了他与Crick不顾一切
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完全同意。我觉得读 A. v. 洪堡的书简直让人着迷。（他不仅是一位才华横溢的科学家，散文文笔还极佳，这算是个额外加分项。）而詹姆斯·沃森的《双螺旋》则提供了一个引人入胜的视角，让人得以窥见生物学史上那段我们如今习以为常的知识才刚刚被发现的时期。当你了解了一套思想体系是如何诞生的……
Absolutely. I found reading A. v. Humboldt absolutely fascinating. (He has the added merit of not only having been a brilliant scientist, but also a gifted prose writer.) And James Watson's "The Double Helix" was an intriguing insight into a period in biology when much of what we take for granted was just being discovered. One gains a deeper understanding for any system of thought when one learns how it came…
是的，确实如此。她在诺奖颁奖前就去世了。对这个话题感兴趣的人都应该读读沃森写的《双螺旋》。这书读起来根本停不下来，里面还讲了沃森和克里克在某种程度上是如何窃取富兰克林的研究成果的。
Yes. That is true. She passed away before the Nobel. Anyone interested in this topic should read "The Double Helix" by Watson. It is a real page turner and discusses how Watson and Crick kind of stole Franklin's research.
安·兰德的《阿特拉斯耸耸肩》、《源泉》和《客观主义认识论导论》。稍微次推一点的还有詹姆斯·D·沃森的《双螺旋》。
Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, and Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, by Ayn Rand. To a lesser extent, The Double Helix, by James D. Watson.
……比如拿着 CS 学位去读莎士比亚悲剧和量子力学）。这里推荐几本读物，或许能让你重新思考要不要读博。詹姆斯·沃森（DNA 双螺旋发现者之一，沃森与克里克）的回忆录《避免成为无聊的人》。还有汉明的演讲《你和你的研究》（http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html）。两者都谈到了为什么过度专业化是有害的，以及你能做些什么……
…Shakespearian tragedy and quantum mechanics with a CS degree, for example). Here's some reading that might encourage you to rethink grad school. The memoir of James Watson (Watson and Crick, discoverers of DNA double helix) Avoid Boring People. Also, Hamming's speech "You and Your Research." (http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html) Both talk about why overspecialization is bad, and what you can do…
……由客观主义作者所写，排名不分先后）：戴维·库什纳的《毁灭战士代客录：两个家伙如何打造帝国并颠覆流行文化》、特蕾西·基德尔的《新机器的灵魂》、詹姆斯·沃森的《双螺旋：发现 DNA 结构的个人亲历》、理查德·费曼的《你管别人怎么想？：一个好奇者的进一步冒险》、还有《别闹了，……
…by Objectivist authors, and not in any particular order): Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James Watson What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman Surely You're Joking,…
《双螺旋》。在很多层面上都非常丰富——对于任何考虑读那种包含真正科研成分的研究生的人来说，都属于必读之作。它还对团队/组织内部的动态博弈进行了全面而深刻的审视——而且，惊喜吧：最会自我推销的人最终赢了。
“The Double Helix” Rich on so many levels—must read for anyone considering grad school with a real, research component. Also a good, broad look at team/organizational dynamics—and, surprise: the best self-promoter wins.