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Book Summary
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
ISBN-13
9780007213313
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Harper Collins
Publishing Date
2008
Total Pages
160
Francis Crick: Discoverer Of The Genetic Code (Eminent Lives)
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