Crick
Matthew Cobb
Sachbuch / Biographien, Autobiographien
Beschreibung
'Cobb is a rare jewel' Adam Rutherford
Francis Crick was a restless, relentless thinker, as fascinated by Beat poetry and psychedelics as the genetic meaning of life and the inner workings of the brain. Yet for all his drive, he was galvanised by collaboration: with Jim Watson on DNA, with artists in Cambridge and California, and with his wife Odile, who drew the figure of the double helix that illuminated his most famous discovery. It was his debates and conflicts with these collaborators that powered a mind in motion.
Meticulously researched and shot through with insight and electrifying detail, Matthew Cobb reveals the man who changed our view of life forever. Crick is the first major biography of one of the twentieth century's most exciting minds.
Rezensionen
[A] deeply researched and often deeply troubling history of gene science ... [in search of] decency and honor in a morally complex field
<b>Praise for <i>The Idea of the Brain</i>: </b>Cobb is a rare jewel. <i>The Idea of the Brain</i> is a typically erudite, thrilling and thorough exploration of the most complex thing in the known universe
Disturbing and readable
Detailed and deeply researched ... striking ... complex
<b>Praise for <i>The Genetic Age</i>: </b>Fascinating, occasionally chilling and very readable
An excellent primer for anyone seeking a well-informed discussion of the moral implications of this enduringly controversial science
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