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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olby, Robert C. (Robert Cecil)

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004.

Crick, Francis.

Geneticists--Biography.

Geneticists.

Molecular biologists--Biography.

Molecular biologists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 538 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2009]

Summary:

This book is the first full-length biography of Francis Crick, one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. An imposing man who spoke and thought quickly, had a loud laugh, and a mischievous sense of humor, Crick made an indelible impression on all who met him during his long career.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780879697983

0879697989

OCLC:

320622196

Publisher Number:

99934995872