; as well as Jay Ingram's essay "The Atom's Image Problem", follow a similar pattern. Although Commoner's essay analyzes the foundations of modern genetic science (which he attributes to Watson and Crick's discovery of the DNA double helix) and Ingram's essay reports on the public's misunderstanding of the true nature of the atom, both essays attempt to argue against the acceptance of these ideas. However their efforts are hindered, due to the fixed thinking of their target audience. This rigidity in thinking has developed because of three elements that are common to both ideas. This includes the apparent simplicity, the explanatory power, and the dogmatic nature of the paradigms that have developed around these concepts.
             In his essay, Commoner spends a considerable amount of time describing Watson and Crick's discovery, as well as explaining how it has developed such wide acceptance in b
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