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Jan 13, 2019 · James Watson is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest living scientists. Awarded a Nobel Prize for his work unravelling the double-helix structure of DNA while still a young man, the ...
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Jan 1, 2019 · James Watson Had a Chance to Salvage His Reputation on Race. He Made Things Worse. The Nobel-winning biologist has drawn global criticism with unfounded pronouncements on genetics, race and ...
Science. DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments. “People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it...
Jan 13, 2019 · Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson has been stripped of his honorary titles after repeating comments about race and intelligence. In a TV programme, the pioneer in DNA studies...
May 25, 2024 · Copley Medal (1993) Nobel Prize (1962) Notable Works: “Molecular Biology of the Gene” “The Double Helix” Subjects Of Study: DNA. double helix. translation. On the Web: The New York Times - James Watson Had a Chance to Salvage His Reputation on Race. He Made Things Worse. (May 25, 2024) (Show more) Summarize This Article.
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Jan 15, 2019 · CNN — 90-year-old Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson is not alone in his racist thinking. In a recent PBS film, Watson alleges that, because of genes, white and black people have...
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James Dewey Watson. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962. Born: 6 April 1928, Chicago, IL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material”.
