James Watson

Birth : 1928-04-06, Chicago, Illinois, USA

History

James Watson is an American scientist who earned a B.Sc. degree in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1947 and received a Ph.D. degree in Zoology in 1950 from Indiana University. He is the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953, and shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research.

Profile

Movies

Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady

Self

A documentary about Rosalind Franklin, the scientist who first photographed and discovered the shape of DNA.

Hyperland

Self (archive footage)

This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s and early 1990s: hypertext, multimedia, virtual assistants, interactive video, 3D animation, and virtual reality.