Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879697989 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Stanley Shostak said Outdoing yourself. Robert Olby's biography of Francis Crick is written with the authority and delicacy of a friend who had earned Crick's confidence for "working on his biography provided publication would not occur during his life" (xiv). Olby tells a compelling story of a clever Brit who knew what he wanted to do with his life from early on and managed to do a lot of what he intended. . As told to . Fibonacci Francis Crick was brilliant, idiosyncratic, scientist. He took on biology's greatest challenges with genius and gusto. He fully deserves a 450 page biography, with emphasis on his scientific ideas and achievements. And there is no one better suited to write it than Robert Olby, the author of the justly acclaimed "The Path to the Double Helix." Like his first book, this . Marvelous biography of a great scientist Recent years have witnessed a slew of biographies, autobiographies and memoirs featuring some of the greatest biologists of the last century--perhaps of any century. They include James Watson, Max Perutz, Arthur Kornberg and Seymour Benzer, to name a few. Missing from this august list are comprehensive biographies (short ones have been done) of Francis Crick and Sydney
Neither perspective is at the expense of the other and together they enable and elevate the book, the two wound together in the mutual relationship of a helix. Needless to say, he largely achieves this and in so doing, proves wrong those who, like myself, thought that enough was known about Francis Crick's life. I knew Francis Crick quite well and think Olby has gotten him right on all scores. I knew Francis Crick quite well and think Olby has gotten him right on all scores. The personal details are as interesting as the
From unpromising beginnings, he became a vital contributor to a remarkably creative period in science. Robert Olby's book is a richly detailed portrait of one of the great scientists of our time.. This account is woven together with insights into his personal life gained through access to Crick's papers, family, and friends. 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 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
Olby is a member of the History of Science Society and the International Academy of the History of Science. Robert Olby, a prominent historian of science, is research professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh and author of the highly regarded Origins of Mendelism (1966, 1985) and The Path to the Double Helix (1974, 1994). . He has published and lectured widely on 19th and 20th century topics in biology, ge