Despite, this major and very real issue, the book (along with Watson, Crick & Wilkins contributions) cannot be undersold. He added an epilogue that softened his views and gave Franklin more credit. Watson's attitudes towards Rosalind Franklin today seem so maligned that Watson eventually had to clarify that these were his attitudes and views at the time of the discovery and not when he wrote the book. Short, interesting, personal and important but also sexist, biased, & according to Crick "a violation of friendship". The structure wasn't stable, and I felt this scientific memoir probably deserved four stars (one for A, one for T, one for G, one for C also one for Watson, one for Crick, one for Wilkins, and yes one for Franklin). I gave it three stars last night (DNA night), but that just didn't seem right. Star for Watson, Crick, Wilkins, AND for FRANKLIN
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