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Nature 449, 785-786 (18 October 2007) | doi:10.1038/449785a; Published online 17 October 2007
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A life worth writing about
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Abstract
Craig Venter's autobiography recounts the conflict and controversy that have contributed to his celebrity.
BOOK REVIEWED-A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
by Craig Venter
Allen Lane/Viking: 2007. 400 pp. £25/$25.95
Reviewing Jim Watson's The Double Helix, Erwin Chargaff dismissed scientific autobiography as "a most awkward literary genre", arguing that most scientists lead monotonous and uneventful lives. This certainly does not apply to Craig Venter, whose autobiography is fittingly well-written, fast-paced and full of interesting data, gossip — and score-settling.
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