James Watson: A Brief Biography
James watson
Basic Info:
James watson is a biologist, zoologist and a geneticist. He is the co-creator of the famous “double helix” A.K.A the physical form of DNA. He was born on the 6th April 1928 and (at the time of writing) he is 88 years old. He speak English and lives in America.
Early life:
James was born in Chicago in 1928 and was raised under the influence of Catholicism but his Dad did not believe in God. Both of his parents were British migrants that had moved to America. He was educated in Horace Mann Grammar School and South Shore High School. He had a passion in bird-watching - he shared and loved that with his father. He wanted to major in Ornithology - the study of birds but, later changed it.
Making progress:
Soon after he had gotten his PhD from Indiana University, he won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. He had won that award through the famous double helix - the representation of genetics. Later on, he would win many more …show more content…
prizes and awards.
Recent contributions and efforts
1962 - Won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine
1971 - Won the John J Carty award for “noteworthy accomplishments in any field of science”
1977 - Won the Presidential Medal of Freedom (highest honor an American can get)
1993 - Won the Copley medal
1997 - Won the National Medal of science for Biological sciences
What he researches
He researches DNA and nucleic acid structure
Nucleic acid is a complex array of living substances in a structure, particularly DNA and RNA (according to the dictionary).
Why I think he is important
I think he is important because I want to know more about DNA and people that helped discover DNA. Without him, we would think our genes are made out of something else!
Books that James has written
The double helix
DNA: the secret to life
Avoid boring people
Molecular biology of the gene
A passion for DNA
Father to son: truth, reason and decency
Dictionary to media and communication studies
Media communication: an introduction to theory and
process
Molecular biology of the cell
Genes, girls and gamow
DNA: the story of the genetic revolution
A poem about James Watson
It all started in ‘28
When the world was
Pretty Late
He started out as a bright young lad
He said to dad, “I won’t Make you sad”.
So he went to uni
And got himself
A not-so-puny
PhD.
So he took up a place in
A nifty place called Harvard
Soon after, he’d get
A group of lads
He wouldn't forget
They came together
And they said
“What is DNA”?
So one thing led to another
(enter double helix)
And soon afterwards he would say
“I’ve got a Nobel prize”
That pretty much triggered him
And led him to some other discoveries
And he’d pick up some prizes
Here and there
And now in 2017
He can say:
“I (pretty much)
Discovered what we’re made of”
Basic Info:
James watson is a biologist, zoologist and a geneticist. He is the co-creator of the famous “double helix” A.K.A the physical form of DNA. He was born on the 6th April 1928 and (at the time of writing) he is 88 years old. He speak English and lives in America.
Early life:
James was born in Chicago in 1928 and was raised under the influence of Catholicism but his Dad did not believe in God. Both of his parents were British migrants that had moved to America. He was educated in Horace Mann Grammar School and South Shore High School. He had a passion in bird-watching - he shared and loved that with his father. He wanted to major in Ornithology - the study of birds but, later changed it.
Making progress:
Soon after he had gotten his PhD from Indiana University, he won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. He had won that award through the famous double helix - the representation of genetics. Later on, he would win many more …show more content…
prizes and awards.
Recent contributions and efforts
1962 - Won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine
1971 - Won the John J Carty award for “noteworthy accomplishments in any field of science”
1977 - Won the Presidential Medal of Freedom (highest honor an American can get)
1993 - Won the Copley medal
1997 - Won the National Medal of science for Biological sciences
What he researches
He researches DNA and nucleic acid structure
Nucleic acid is a complex array of living substances in a structure, particularly DNA and RNA (according to the dictionary).
Why I think he is important
I think he is important because I want to know more about DNA and people that helped discover DNA. Without him, we would think our genes are made out of something else!
Books that James has written
The double helix
DNA: the secret to life
Avoid boring people
Molecular biology of the gene
A passion for DNA
Father to son: truth, reason and decency
Dictionary to media and communication studies
Media communication: an introduction to theory and
process
Molecular biology of the cell
Genes, girls and gamow
DNA: the story of the genetic revolution
A poem about James Watson
It all started in ‘28
When the world was
Pretty Late
He started out as a bright young lad
He said to dad, “I won’t Make you sad”.
So he went to uni
And got himself
A not-so-puny
PhD.
So he took up a place in
A nifty place called Harvard
Soon after, he’d get
A group of lads
He wouldn't forget
They came together
And they said
“What is DNA”?
So one thing led to another
(enter double helix)
And soon afterwards he would say
“I’ve got a Nobel prize”
That pretty much triggered him
And led him to some other discoveries
And he’d pick up some prizes
Here and there
And now in 2017
He can say:
“I (pretty much)
Discovered what we’re made of”