James D. Watson
James D. Watson
James Dewey Watsonis an American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick. Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth6 April 1928
CountryUnited States of America
Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.
The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
There are many people of color who are very talented.
My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.
Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. 5
I have been much blessed.
Never be the brightest person in the room.
The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
I am thrilled to see my genome.
If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.