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DNA weblinks and books of interest
DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org
On Saturday, February 28th, 1953, Jim Watson went early to the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England. He shuffled cardboard cutouts until he discovered the complementary pairing between the DNA bases. DNA Interactive is dedicated to that moment in history and to the scientists who breathed life into the structure. The site features rare video interviews, detailed three-dimensional animations, and an interactive timeline. Start with the DNA Timeline and watch the site grow over the next several weeks.
Time 100 profile
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/watsoncrick.html
This is a webpage from Time’s recent feature on the 100 greatest people of the century. This resource contains a slideshow, a short chronology, a sound byte quote from Crick and a basic description of achievement. The page also announces an online talk with James Watson, Wednesday, March 24, 7 p.m. ET/
4 p.m. PT on Yahoo!
DNA from the beginning
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity, this site is organized around several key concepts. The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews, problem, biographies, and links.
Nature
http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf
This is a link to a PDF file of Watson and Crick's letter as published in Nature in 1953
The Library of Life
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/images/genes/genome.htm
Dubbed the Library of Life, this flash website from The Washington Post has interactive graphics that explain the makeup of human genes.
A Revolution at 50
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2003/02/25/health/genetics/index.html
A collection of New York Times articles on DNA, gene research, and the 50th anniversary of the Watson-Crick discovery. This special science site contains an interactive flash special feature entitled DNA: A Revolution at 50.
Books:
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
by Brenda Maddox
Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (October 1, 2002)
ISBN: 0060184078
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA (Scribner Classics)
by James D. Watson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (February 1998)
ISBN: 0684852799
The Eighth Day of Creation
By Horace Freeland Judson
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Expanded edition (November 1996)
ISBN: 0879694785
What Mad Pursuit
by Francis Crick
Publisher: Basic Books; Reprint edition (June 1990)
ASIN: 0465091377
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