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Francis Crick

Name: Francis Crick
Author: Matt Ridley

Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Matt Ridley,

224 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

Francis Crick

Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Matt Ridley,

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Francis Crick—the quiet genius who led a revolution in biology by discovering, quite literally, the secret of life—will be bracketed with Galileo, Darwin, and Einstein as one of the greatest scientists of all time. In his fascinating biography of the scientific pioneer who uncovered the genetic code—the digital cipher at the heart of heredity that distinguishes living from non-living things—acclaimed bestselling science writer Matt Ridley traces Crick's life from middle-class mediocrity in the English Midlands through a lackluster education and six years designing magnetic mines for the Royal Navy to his leap into biology at the age of thirty-one and its astonishing consequences. In the process, Ridley sheds a brilliant light on the man who forever changed our world and how we understand it.

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Publisher

Harper

Year

2012

ISBN

9780062200662

Topic

Technology & Engineering

Subtopic

Science & Technology Biographies

Index

Technology & Engineering

Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Prologue: Life Itself
Chapter One: Crackers
Chapter Two: Three Friends
Chapter Three: Cambridge
Chapter Four: Watson
Chapter Five: Triumph
Chapter Six: Codes
Chapter Seven: Brenner
Chapter Eight: Triplets and Chapels
Chapter Nine: The Prize
Chapter Ten: Never in a Modest Mood
Chapter Eleven: Outer Space
Chapter Twelve: California
Chapter Thirteen: Consciousness
Epilogue: The Astonishing Hypothesiser
Sources and Acknowledgements
About the Author
Praise
Books in the Eminent Lives Series
Books by Matt Ridley
Copyright
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