James Watson Puts Nobel Medal on Auction Block at Christie's

Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 00:40 in Astronomy & Space

James D. Watson’s 1962 award, for the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA, is expected to sell for at least $2.5 million. In a 2007 interview, he made offensive remarks about black people.

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