Dr. James Watson, one of the scientists who helped discover the structure of DNA, has caused a furor after claiming in a Sunday Times interview that black people are less intelligent than white people, and that "equal powers of reason" across racial groups is a delusion.

Watson's views on race and gender have long inflamed the scientific community, and his most recent comments about the genetic differences of black people are merely an extension of his early research. After the jump, 23/6 presents Watson's original sketch of the DNA double helix.