NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago scientist Francis Crick wrote a letter to his 12-year-old son saying he and a colleague had discovered something “very beautiful” — the structure of DNA.

Now, the note and its hand-drawn diagrams are being auctioned off in New York. Christie’s estimates the letter could fetch $1 million or more at the April 10 sale.

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