From The Greats
The Double Helix
2 sources
Jennifer Doudna names The Double Helix as an influential book that made her think about becoming a scientist.
Evidence details
Jennifer Doudna and Siddartha Mukherjee conversation transcriptPersonal formative reading. Source date is transcript publication, not recording. McPhee retailer paperback is June1982, later than original1976; no edition-specific endorsement inferred. Unnamed biography excluded. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.
This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.
Berkeley News · 2018-01-18 · accessed 2026-10-01
Interview · Own influential-books answer
Her own positive reading answer, separate from the other speaker.
Jennifer Doudna describes The Double Helix as a revelation about how science gets done.
Evidence details
Influence of Jim Watson’s The Double HelixOwn positive childhood reading account, while also noting the treatment of Rosalind Franklin. No endorsement of every viewpoint in the memoir inferred. Date is explicitly recorded interview date. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.
This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Oral History · 2023-08-17 · accessed 2026-10-01
Interview · Own formative reading account
Original transcript explicitly labels Recorded:17Aug2023 and identifies the book, author and her positive reading response.
