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''''Horace Freeland Judson''' (April 21, 1931 – May 6, 2011)<ref>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pbio.1001104}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11judson.html?_r=1&src=twrhp NY Times obituary] retrieved 15th May 2011</ref> was a [[historian]] of [[molecular biology]] and the author of several books, including ''The Eighth Day of Creation'', a history of molecular biology, and ''[[The Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science]]'', an examination of the deliberate manipulation of scientific data. ==Life and career== ''The Eighth Day of Creation'' arose out of Judson's acquaintance with [[Max Perutz]]; In 1968 came the idea of a book about the discovery of the structures of cellular [[macromolecules]]. Following a discussion with [[Jacques Monod]] in 1969, Judson expanded his planned book to a general history of molecular biology. The result is based on interviews of over 100 scientists, cross-checked and re-interviewed over a period of seven years.<ref>Judson, H. F. ''The Eighth Day of Creation'' (1979), p. 10–11</ref> The book was partially serialized in three issues of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' in November and December, 1978. Following the publication of the book, Judson deposited the tapes and transcripts of the interviews at the [[American Philosophical Society]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/j/judson.htm Horace Freeland Judson Collection] (1968–78), American Philosophical Society, accessed 27 November 2006</ref> Judson graduated from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1948,<ref>[http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/guides/glass/PartIII.htm American Philosophical Society]</ref> and worked for seven years for ''[[Time Magazine]]'' as a European correspondent in [[London]] and [[Paris]]. He subsequently wrote for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', and ''[[Nature]]'' among others. Judson spent nine years on the faculty of [[Johns Hopkins University]] and then four years as a research scholar at [[Stanford University]]. He was the director of the now defunct Center for History of Recent Science and Research Professor of History at [[George Washington University]]. In 1987 Judson won a [[MacArthur Fellowship]].<ref>[http://www.rockefeller.edu/lectures/judson041700.html "Talking about the Genome Project"] Centennial Lecture by H.F. Judson at [[Rockefeller University]], April 17, 2000</ref> He appears in ''[[Dont Look Back]]'', [[D. A. Pennebaker]]'s documentary film about [[Bob Dylan]], in which he was subjected to what he believes to be a contrived tirade of abuse from Dylan. During Judson's interview, Dylan launched into a verbal attack on [[Time (magazine)|Time]] magazine, and Judson himself. The film's producer Pennebaker does not believe the tirade was planned, but notes that Dylan backed off, not wanting to come across as being too cruel. However, Judson believes the confrontation was contrived to make the sequence more entertaining. "That evening," says Judson, "I went to the concert. My opinion then and now was that the music was unpleasant, the lyrics inflated, and Dylan, a self-indulgent whining show off".<ref name="Sounes">Sounes, Howard. ''Down the Highway, The Life Of Bob Dylan''. Doubleday, 2001. ISBN 0-552-99929-6</ref> == Family == Horace Freeland Judson's oldest daughter, Grace Judson,<ref>[http://www.svahaconcepts.com Grace Judson]</ref> is a small-business coach and writer in San Diego, after her successful 25-year corporate career; she was the Fastest Knitter in America in 2002, appearing on [[Good Morning America]] in October of that year. His oldest son, Thomas Judson, is a lawyer living and practicing in New York City. His younger daughter, [[Olivia Judson]], is an [[evolutionary]] [[biologist]] at [[Imperial College London]] and is the author of the best-selling ''[[Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation]]''; his younger son, Nicholas Judson,<ref>[http://www.nicholasjudson.com Nicholas Judson]</ref> was a scientist at the J. Craig Venter Institute (Rockville, MD) and left science to pursue a new career as a self-employed artist. ==Publications by Judson== * {{cite doi|10.1038/443917a}} * {{cite pmid|15329422}} * {{cite pmid|12711749}} * {{cite pmid|11236976}} * {{cite pmid|7625708}} * {{cite pmid|8015139}} * {{cite pmid|8276259}} * {{cite pmid|1362059}} * {{cite pmid|11651757}} * {{cite pmid|11610977}} * {{cite pmid|11661234}} * {{cite pmid|11664517}} == References == <references/> == Books == * ''Heroin Addiction: What Americans Can Learn from the English Experience'' (1975). Vintage Books, ISBN 0-394-72017-2 * ''The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology'' (1979). Touchstone Books, ISBN 0-671-22540-5. 2nd edition: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1996 paperback: ISBN 0-87969-478-5. *''The Search for Solutions'' (1982). Holt Rinehart & Winston, ISBN 0-03-043771-7 *''Science in Crisis at the Millennium'' (1999). New York Academy of Sciences, ISBN 1-57331-106-5 *''The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science'' (2004). Harcourt, ISBN 0-15-100877-9 == External links == *[http://davidcrowe.ca/SciHealthEnv/2004-12-TheGreatBetrayal.html "The Great Betrayal: A Book Review"] January 24, 2005 *[http://www.technologyreview.com/BioTech/17725/page1/ "The Glimmering Promise of Gene Therapy"] by Horace Freeland Judson in [[Technology Review]], November 14, 2006 *[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11judson.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries/ "Horace Freeland Judson, Science Historian, Dies at 80] by William Grimes in [[The New York Times]], May 10, 2011 {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Judson, Horace Freeland | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = April 21, 1931 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = May 6, 2011 | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Judson, Horace Freeland}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:American science writers]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:MacArthur Fellows]] [[Category:University of Chicago alumni]] [[de:Horace Freeland Judson]]'