James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

James D. Watson, Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of the DNA molecule’s structure, dies at 97

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

James Watson, Nobel Prize winner and DNA pioneer, dies

James Dewey Watson, Nobel Prize winner and “semi-professional loose cannon” whose racist views made him a scientific pariah ...

James Watson Gave Us Brilliant Science From a Troubling Soul

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Princeton University

Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies

A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.