James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He wrote a celebrated memoir and later ignited an uproar with racist views.
DNA結構共同發現者詹姆斯·D·沃森逝世，享年97歲
他與弗朗西斯·H·C·克里克共同破解了生命藍圖，使他成為20世紀最重要的科學家之一。他撰寫了一部廣受讚譽的回憶錄，但後來又因其種族主義觀點而引發軒然大波。
詹姆斯·D·沃森博士攝於1986年。他與弗朗西斯·H·C·克里克因在DNA研究方面的貢獻而共同獲得1962年諾貝爾獎。圖片來源：紐約公共圖書館/科學資源
沃森博士在破解DNA（生命遺傳藍圖）所做出的貢獻，足以讓他成為20世紀最重要的科學家之一。但他領導的雄心勃勃的人類基因組計劃以及撰寫的或許是科學界最負盛名的回憶錄雙螺旋 ，鞏固了他的聲望。
幾十年來，沃森博士作為一位聲名顯赫、脾氣古怪的美國科學家，一直住在冷泉港實驗室。 1968年，他接任實驗室主任一職，並將其從長島一個規模相對較小、歷史坎坷的機構，發展成為世界主要的微生物學研究中心之一，這無疑是他另一項卓越的成就。 1993年，他卸任主任一職，擔任榮譽校長。
Dr. Watson’s role in decoding DNA, the genetic blueprint for life, would have been enough to establish him as one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. But he cemented that fame by leading the ambitious Human Genome Project and writing perhaps the most celebrated memoir in science.
For decades a famous and famously cantankerous American man of science, Dr. Watson lived on the grounds of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which, in another considerable accomplishment, he took over as director in 1968 and transformed from a relatively small establishment on Long Island with a troubled past into one of the world’s major centers of microbiology. He stepped down in 1993 and took a largely honorary position of chancellor.
2019
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Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s helical structure.
Dr. Stahl’s name and that of his collaborator, Matthew Meselson, were immortalized by the Meselson-Stahl Experiment, which is referenced in biology textbooks and taught in molecular genetics courses worldwide. In 2015, “Helix Spirals,” a musical tribute to the experiment, was composed by Augusta Read Thomas and performed by a string quartet in Boston.
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