Francis crick biography book

Contents

Time Line

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. The Call to Stockholm

2. A Difficult Act to Follow

3. From the Provinces to the Big City

4. War Work for the Royal Navy

5. Biology at the Strangeways

6. Helical Molecules at the Cavendish Laboratory

7. The DNA Fiasco

8. Two Pitchmen in Search of A Helix

9. 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

Epilogue

Sources and Notes

Illustrations Credits

Biographical Index

Index

Reviews

  &#;The heart of Olby&#;s book is the long section on the code; it is carefully researched and writ