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Francis Crick : hunter of life's secrets / Robert Olby.
Author
Olby, Robert C. (Robert Cecil)
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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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Lewis Library - Stacks
QH429.2.C75 O43 2009
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Subject(s)
Geneticists
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Biography
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Molecular biologists
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Biography
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Crick, Francis 1916-2004
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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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.
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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.
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ISBN
9780879697983 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0879697989 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2009018695
OCLC
320622196
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