If Watson and Crick had not discovered the nature of DNA, one can be virtually certain that other scientists would eventually have determined it. With art—whether painting, music or literature—it is quite different. If Shakespeare had not written Hamlet, no other playwright would have done so.


The Unnatural Nature of Science (1993)

Lewis Wolpert Quotes

If Watson and Crick had not discovered the nature of DNA, one can be virtually certain that other scientists would eventually have determined it....

If Watson and Crick had not discovered the nature of DNA, one can be virtually certain that other scientists would eventually have determined it....

If Watson and Crick had not discovered the nature of DNA, one can be virtually certain that other scientists would eventually have determined it....

If Watson and Crick had not discovered the nature of DNA, one can be virtually certain that other scientists would eventually have determined it....