In The Double Helix James Watson recounts the process by whichhe and Francis Cri

In The Double Helix James Watson recounts the process by whichhe and Francis Crick came to discover the double helical structureof DNA. Apart from the purely scientific theoretical aspects oftheir work what institutional political financial personal andother interests were at work ones which might reveal an innerdynamic in scientific creation that goes well beyond the purelyinternal logic of scientific discovery itself? What in fact basedupon Watsons account (and the rejoinders of his critics) do youtake to be the most important non-scientific factors in scientificdiscovery? Consider in particular Francis Cricks views on what heregards as the major elements in his joint work with Watson.