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Nobel prize winner shaped medicine, crimefighting and genealogy, but later years marred by racist remarks
Watson's later years were marred by widespread condemnation after racist remarks
The Nobel Prize winner felt ostracised by the scientific community over his comments on race and intelligence.
The Nobel Prize–winning biologist who helped discover the double-helix structure of DNA later faced global condemnation for…
Scientist helped break new ground in study of genetics, but later caused outcry with promotion of racist ideas.
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