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Francis Crick : discoverer of the genetic code / Matt Ridley.

Title
Francis Crick : discoverer of the genetic code / Matt Ridley.
Author
Ridley, Matt
Publication
New York : Atlas Books, c2006.

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Description
x, 213 p.; 19 cm.
Summary
A portrait of scientist Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA, traces his life from a middle-class English upbringing and lackluster education to his ultimate history-making journey into the field of biology.
Series Statement
Eminent lives
Uniform Title
Eminent lives
Subject
  • Crick, Francis
  • Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
  • Genetic Code
  • Genetics
  • Geneticists > Biography
  • Molecular biologists > Biography
  • Genetic code > Research > History
  • DNA > Research > History
  • Genetics > history
  • History, 20th Century
  • Genetics > history > Biography
  • History, 20th Century > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue: Life itself -- Crackers -- Three friends -- Cambridge -- Watson -- Triumph -- Codes -- Brenner -- Triplets and chapels -- The prize -- Never in a modest mood -- Outer space -- California -- Consciousness -- Epilogue: The astonishing hypothesiser.
ISBN
006082333X (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2005055878
OCLC
  • 62134826
  • SCSB-9893998
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library