When The Double Helix came out in 1968, science books were dull and books by scientists doubly so, Weiner writes in Columbia Journalism Review. The story made this one different, Weiner says. The best science books "will be filled with scenes, and stories ... What’s more, the story will be personal, emotional, even confessional. And it will involve the highest stakes. Watson intends to explain how he scaled the heights, and how he earned contempt along the way."
