Biographies
Level indicators:
1 = suitable for general public
2 = suitable for high school students
3 = useful for faculty
4 = useful for advanced faculty
Clark, Ronald. JBS: The Life and Work of JBS Haldane. New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, 1984. The biography of a mathematician whose work
has been central to the understanding of modern evolutionary theory. (1-3)
Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James. Darwin: The Life of a Tormented
Evolutionist. New York, NY: Warner, 1991. This factual biography of
Darwin's life reads like a novel. (1-4)
Keller, Evelyn F. A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of
Barbara McClintock. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1983. Highly
readable and enjoyable biography of Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock,
whose work in genetics was not appreciated -- or even understood -- for
thirty years. (1-3)
McGrayne, Sharon B. Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles,
and Momentous Discoveries. New York, NY: Birch Lane Press, 1993. This
book examines the lives and achievements of fourteen women scientists who
either won a Nobel Prize or played a role in a Nobel Prize-winning project.
(1-4)
Sayre, Anne. Rosalind Franklin and DNA. New York, NY: The Norton
Library, 1978. Sayre challenges the characterization of Rosalind Franklin
given by James Watson in his popular account. Franklin is described as an
exceptionally competent scientist and a sympathetic person. (1)
Watson, James D. The Double Helix. New York, NY: Penguin Books,
1969. A popular and highly personal account of the science and personalities
involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA. (1-3)
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