Discuss the significance of personal ambition as a key driving force in scientific discovery. You should focus on The Double Helix but also reflect on the issue more broadly. You may want to considerthe way ambition intersects with other motivating forces in The Double Helix, and the negative and positive effects of ambition.

To what extent do Watson and Crick overstep the bounds of “fair play” in their work on the structure of DNA?

On Page 1, Watson says, “[n]o two people ever see the same events in exactly the same light.”. Discuss the importance of perspective in The Double Helix.