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DNA Researcher James D. Watson Signed First Printing of "A Passion for DNA", 2000

DNA Researcher James D. Watson Signed First Printing of "A Passion for DNA", 2000 by James Watson

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DNA Researcher James D. Watson Signed First Printing of "A Passion for DNA", 2000
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James Watson
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
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2000. Watson, James D. A Passion for DNA, 2000, presents a retrospective account by one of the co-discoverers of the double helix structure of DNA, situating the development of molecular biology within mid-20th-century scientific research and its subsequent expansion into genetics and biotechnology. As a central figure in identifying the structure of DNA, James D. Watson contributed to a foundational shift in biological science that enabled advances in genetic research, medical diagnostics, and genomic sequencing. This signed first edition connects the published narrative of that scientific transformation with the authorship of a principal participant in the discovery, reinforcing the book's relevance to the history of science and the study of molecular biology. Watson, James D. A Passion for DNA. London: Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition, first printing. Softcover. Signed in black ink on the title page "James D. Watson." Approximately 250 pages. The volume presents Watson's reflections on the discovery of DNA structure and the subsequent evolution of genetic science, written for a broad audience while grounded in firsthand experience within the scientific community. Published at a moment when genomic research was rapidly accelerating, including the nearing completion of the Human Genome Project, the book situates Watson's earlier work within a longer trajectory of scientific inquiry into heredity and cellular function. The signed first edition links this retrospective account to the historical figure whose research helped define modern molecular biology, offering a point of intersection between scientific authorship and the institutional development of genetics as a field. Light wear to covers; pages clean; signature bold and legible. Overall very good.
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Carry Nation. [The Woman with the Hatchet (subtitle from half-title)] by Asbury, Herbert

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Carry Nation. [The Woman with the Hatchet (subtitle from half-title)]
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Asbury, Herbert
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo (21 x 14.5 cm.), 307, vii, [1] pages. Illustrated. Index. Top edge yellow. FIRST & SECOND PRINTING BEFORE PUBLICATION. A biography of the radical temperance activist Carrie Nation, by the legendary journalist Herbert Asbury, author of Gangs of New York, The Great Illusion, and Barbary Coast. Carry Nation was published the year following Asbury's edition of Jerry Thomas' Bon Vivant's Companion. In publisher's bright green cloth, decorated and titled in yellow and orange on labels to spine and front board. Fine, in a price-clipped dust jacket, with some rubbing to edges and a few small stains to rear panel. Jacket is near very good. Striking jacket design by "DM"

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