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By James D. Watson. 250 pp. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000. $25. ISBN 0-87969-581-1.

In A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society, James Watson once again proves that he is the "prose laureate" of biomedical sciences. As a result of his classic works, The Double Helix (1968) and Molecular Biology of the Gene (1965), we have come to expect him to treat complex issues with clarity and focus. Molecular Biology of the Gene may be a gold standard for judging modern textbooks, because it presents not only the experimental basis of molecular biology but also the principles of this field.

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