Part I. DNA, function and structure: the elucidation of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material. "He was a very remarkable follow. Even more odd then, than later."
"DNA, you know is Midas' gold. Everybody who touches it goes mad."
"Then they ask you, 'What is the significance of DNA for mankind, Dr. Watson?'"
"Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid," by J.D. Watson F.H.C. Crick. Nature, vol. 171 (25 April 1953), pages 737-738.
On T.H. Morgan's deviation and the secret of life.
Part II. RNA, the functions of the structure: the breaking of the genetic code, the discovery of the messenger
"The number of the beast"
"My mind was, that a dogma was an idea for which there was no reasonable evidence! You see?"
"The gene was something in the minds of people as inaccessible as the material of the galaxies"
"He wasn't a member of the club."
Part III. Protein, structure and function: the solution of how protein molecules work
"As always, I was driven on by wild expectations"
"I have discovered the second secret of life"
"Always the same impasse"
A postcard from Mount Fourier.