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Avoid Boring People and Other Lessons from a Life in Science

Call no.

: 572.8092 WAT

Author

: James D. Watson

Contributor

: Fezzanne Anak Raymond Umpu

Summary

These are just some of the ‘remembered lessons’ imparted by James D. Watson as he looks back on his remarkable scientific career, from his school days to the day he left Harvard almost thirty-five years later, celebrated worldwide as co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Mixing humour and disarming candour with the wisdom gained from a lifetime in science, the result is both an infuriating un-put-downable memoir and an insightful compendium of lessons learned often the hard way from one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century.