Francis Crick : hunter of life's secrets / Robert Olby.

Author
Olby, Robert C. (Robert Cecil) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2009.
Description
xix, 538 pages : illustrations, portraits

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    Summary note
    "This engrossing biography by one of molecular biology's foremost scholars reveals the remarkable evolution of Francis Crick's scientific career and the shaping of his personality. From unpromising beginnings, he became a vital contributor to a remarkably creative period in science. Olby chronicles Crick's life from his early studies in biophysics, to the discovery of the structure of DNA, to his later work in neuroscience and the nature of consciousness. This account is woven together with insights into his personal life gained through access to Crick's papers, family, and friends. Robert Olby's book is a richly detailed portrait of one of the great scientists of our time"--Publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The call to Stockholm
    • A difficult act to follow
    • From the provinces to the big city
    • War work for the Royal Navy
    • Biology at the strangeways
    • Helical molecules at the Cavendish Laboratory
    • The DNA fiasco
    • Two pitchmen in search of a helix
    • A most important discovery
    • Publishing the model
    • Employed by the John Wayne of crystallography
    • The genetic code
    • Preaching the central dogma
    • Crick as experimentalist attacking the genetic code
    • The excitement of the sixties
    • Speaking out on controversial subjects
    • Biological complexity
    • Leaving the "old country"
    • Taking the plunge: neuroscience
    • From the searchlight to the soul
    • Eighty-eight years.
    ISBN
    • 9780879697983 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0879697989 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2009018695
    OCLC
    320622196
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