Francis Crick : Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Francis Crick
Author(s): Matt Ridley

Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Francis Crick is the first biography of the eminent scientist, co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA. Written by Matt Ridley, the award-winning author of the national bestseller Genome, Francis Crick traces his 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 31 and his enormous success, providing “a considerably more complete and colorful portrait of Crick than has existed before.” (New York Times)

Review(s):
“Matt Ridley’s Francis Crick perceptively and warmly recounts the extraordinary life of the 20th century’s most important biologist.”
“A nimble biography.”
“A considerably more complete and colorful portrait of Crick than has existed before.”
“Thoughtful. . .aptly conjures a forgotten scientific landscape. . .”
“Lucid and riveting . . . Completely captivating, a lively and deeply intriguing account of one of biology’s most imaginative scientists.”
“Matt Ridley’s book reads beautifully, the science flowing along with the life, to form a unity.”
“This is a wonderful book--deeply substantive, lucid, trenchant, and witty. It tells the biggest story in modern biology.”
“A fitting tribute to a…canonical figure in modern science”
“Ridley has captured the wonder of an unparalleled scientific mind at work and at play.”
Praise for Eminent Lives Series: FRANCIS CRICK and CHARLES DARWIN



ISBN:  9780061148453