Editing James Watson (section)

===Publishing ''The Double Helix''===
In 1968, Watson wrote ''[[The Double Helix]]'',<ref name=DH>{{cite book|last=Watson|first=J. D.|title=The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA|year=1968|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|location=London}}</ref> listed by the board of the [[Modern Library]] as number seven in their list of ''[[Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction|100 Best Nonfiction]]'' books.<ref name=ModernLibrary>{{cite web|title=100 Best Nonfiction: The Board's List|url=http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-nonfiction/|publisher=Modern Library|access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref> The book details the story of the discovery of the structure of DNA, as well as the personalities, conflicts and controversy surrounding their work, and includes many of his private emotional impressions at the time. Watson's original title was to have been "Honest Jim".<ref name=honest_jim>{{cite news|last=Rutherford|first=Adam|title=He may have unravelled DNA, but James Watson deserves to be shunned|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/01/dna-james-watson-scientist-selling-nobel-prize-medal|date=December 1, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref> Controversy surrounded the publication of the book. Watson's book was originally to be published by the [[Harvard University Press]], but Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, among others, objected. Watson's home university dropped the project and the book was commercially published.<ref>Watson's 1968 autobiographical account, ''[[The Double Helix|The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA]]''. For an edition which contains critical responses, book reviews, and copies of the original scientific papers, see James D. Watson, ''The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA'', Norton Critical Edition, Gunther Stent, ed. (New York: Norton, 1980).</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Witkowski| editor1-first=Jan |first1=James D. |last1=Watson|editor2-first=Alexander |editor2-last=Gann|title=The annotated and illustrated double helix|year=2012|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=978-1-476715-49-0|edition=1st Simon & Schuster hardcover}}</ref> In an interview with Anne Sayre for her book, ''Rosalind Franklin and DNA'' (published in 1975 and reissued in 2000), Francis Crick said that he regarded Watson's book as a "contemptible pack of damned nonsense".<ref>{{cite book | last=Sayre | first=Anne | title=Rosalind Franklin and DNA | publisher=Norton | publication-place=New York | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-393-32044-2 | oclc=45105026 | page=212}}</ref>