| Publisher | Garland Science |
| Vice President | Denise Schanck |
| Managing Editor | Sarah Gibbs |
| Senior Editor/Director | Kirsten Jenner |
| Production Director/Manager | Emma Hunt |
| Production Assistant | Angela Bennett |
| Text Editor | Marjorie Singer Anderson, Betsy Dilernia |
| Copy Editor | Bruce Goatly |
| Designed by | Blink Studio, Mike Morales |
| Illustrator | Nigel Orme |
| Indexer | Janine Ross, Sherry Granum |
| Manufacturing by | Nigel Eyre, Marion Morrow |
| Proofreader | Emma Hunt |
| Layout by/Layout Coordinator | Emma Hunt |
| Art Director/Editor | Peter Walter |
| Narrator | Julie Theriot |
| Production | Mike Morales |
| Development | Mike Morales |
| Copyright Holder | Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts (2), Peter Walter |
| Copyright Holder (Original Edition) | James D. Watson |
| Format | Hardback + CD |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States Of America |
| Copyright | 1983-12-08 |
| This Edition Published | 2002 |
| Pages / Font | 1463 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-8153-3218-1 |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0-8153-3218-3 |
