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 a brilliant light on the man who forever changed our world and how we understand it.
- 224 pages
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Life Itself
- Chapter One: Crackers
- Chapter Two: Three Friends
- Chapter Three: Cambridge
- Chapter Four: Watson
- Chapter Five: Triumph
- Chapter Six: Codes
- Chapter Seven: Brenner
- Chapter Eight: Triplets and Chapels
- Chapter Nine: The Prize
- Chapter Ten: Never in a Modest Mood
- Chapter Eleven: Outer Space
- Chapter Twelve: California
- Chapter Thirteen: Consciousness
- Epilogue: The Astonishing Hypothesiser
- Sources and Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Praise
- Books in the Eminent Lives Series
- Books by Matt Ridley
- Copyright
- Back Ad
- About the Publisher
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