James D. Watson and Francis Crick made a huge impact on the world of biology and DNA. James Watson had been interested with how living things work ever since he was a child. After reading Erwin Schroedinger's book, "What is Life", Watson changed his interest from birds, to a much more important field, genetics. Francis Crick was a British physicist, molecular biologist, and neuroscientist. These men were a team, however, it took the help of …showed first 75 words of 919 total…

…showed last 75 words of 919 total…genetics definitely would not be this far. For the most part, the novel "The Double Helix" was very interesting because it taught me about how a very crucial concept developed, it was not the most exciting book, but it was definitely full of useful information. James D. Watson and Francis Crick strived for success, and after all of the hard work, the double helix brought them to the point of fame and triumph they wanted.