James Dewey Watson (1928–): Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

Abstract

on 6 April 1928, the son of a businessman tailor.He grew up an avid bird watcher and planned to be an ornithologist.His life ambition changed, however, after reading the book What is Life by Erwin Schrödinger, which convinced him to trade in his binoculars for a microscrope to study genetics instead.Watson completed his Bachelor of Science in Zoology in 1947 at the University of Chicago and began graduate work in the genetics laboratory of Salvador Luria at

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