He won the Nobel, later sold it: DNA double-helix pioneer James Watson dies at 97; ‘discovery of the century’ reshaped science
US biologist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, poses for a portrait at an exhibition in Berlin on Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. (AP Photo) James D Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure, has died at 97.Watson was an American biologist whose work with…