new scientist magazine, oct 20th, 2007
Written on November 2, 2007
new scientist magazine in the UK used one of my photos of james watson in their october 20th issue. the deal went down before all of watson’s controversy in england last month, and i’m pleased to see that the article didn’t dwell on that. i’m not going to comment much on the hub-bub, except to say that i’ve shared a couple meals with the man and he certainly speaks his mind. i don’t put too much value on remaining absolutely PC all the time, so i’ve never been offended by anything he says. he’s undoubtedly a brilliant man, an important figure in the history of science and quite frankly he’s saved my ass. it’s because of watson that my hearts book is ever going to see the light of day, so i owe him many favors.
my thanks to adam goff at new scientist magazine for sending actual hardcopies of the issue as well as PDFs! it’s so rare that i actually get to see how these things turn out.