J. M. ZlMAN , F.R.S.
Professor of Theoretical Physics in the University of Bristol gives his views and reactions on Professor J. D. Watson 's The Double Helii, which must surely be the most talked-about book in the world of science at the moment-not surprisingly, since it was refused publication by Harvard University Press, serialised by the Atlantic Monthly, and considered as a basis for legal action by some of the scientists mentioned in it. It is the inside story of the part played by the author in the discovery of the structure of DNA. But should the history of science be written this way?