Francis Crick (1916–2004)
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Journal of Consciousness Studies: Controversies in Science & the Humanities (Volume 1, Number 1) 5 kappaletta
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Crick, Francis
- Virallinen nimi
- Crick, Francis Harry Compton
- Syntymäaika
- 1916-06-08
- Kuolinaika
- 2004-07-28
- Hautapaikka
- cremated, ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- San Diego, California, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
La Jolla, California, USA - Koulutus
- University College London (BS|Physics)
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (PhD)
Mill Hill School - Ammatit
- biophysicist
molecular biologist
neuroscientist
professor - Suhteet
- Perutz, Max (doctoral advisor)
- Organisaatiot
- Royal Society
International Academy of Humanism
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine|1962)
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal (1972)
Copley Medal (1975)
Order of Merit (1991)
Fellow of the International Academy of Humanism (näytä kaikki 7)
Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences (2001) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Francis Crick was a molecular biologist famous, along with research partner James Watson and others, such as Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, for discovering the double helix structure of DNA.
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What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific… Tekijä: Francis Crick
Very enjoyable reading, but a much different book than Watson's account of the discovery of DNA in "The Double Helix". This book was more of a reflection on a career in science than on a particular episode. It's filled with a good number of quotes and truisms that I couldn't help but jot down, such as "... one good example is worth a thousand theoretical arguments".
Crick es de los científicos más eclécticos de los últimos tiempos. Hicieron bien en UK al nombrar al principal edificio de investigación con su nombre. Luego del Nobel, ya libre de las presiones por "hacer algo", Crick, que es de los pocos científicos que hizo descubrimientos pasada la tercera década, dedica su intelecto a estudiar su intelecto. ¿Cómo puede un cerebro estudiarse a si mismo? Este es el relato del libro. Apasionante.
Really interesting. Pretty scientific & technical.
An Extraordinary Journey
Dr. Crick shares with the readers his personal journey of scientific discovery. Starting with how he chose molecular biology as his pursuit, the "gossip test -- what you are really interested in is what you gossip about", leading up to the discovery of structure of DNA and the genetic code, and eventually the study of neurobiology when he passed 60, "at my time of life I had a right to do things for my own amusement". Dr. Crick's intelligence and great sense of humor shines throughout.
It's a rare, insightful book that is both entertaining and intellectually stimulating, with many amusing anecdotes and characters. For example, at one point he had to extract enzymes from his own tears and even thought of testing his two-year-old daughter's tears, but "was sternly forbidden to attempt it" by his wife. Mad pursuit indeed.
The Eureka Moment
"It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog."
(Read full review at Nemo's Library)
… (lisätietoja)
Dr. Crick shares with the readers his personal journey of scientific discovery. Starting with how he chose molecular biology as his pursuit, the "gossip test -- what you are really interested in is what you gossip about", leading up to the discovery of structure of DNA and the genetic code, and eventually the study of neurobiology when he passed 60, "at my time of life I had a right to do things for my own amusement". Dr. Crick's intelligence and great sense of humor shines throughout.
It's a rare, insightful book that is both entertaining and intellectually stimulating, with many amusing anecdotes and characters. For example, at one point he had to extract enzymes from his own tears and even thought of testing his two-year-old daughter's tears, but "was sternly forbidden to attempt it" by his wife. Mad pursuit indeed.
The Eureka Moment
"It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog."
(Read full review at Nemo's Library)
… (lisätietoja)
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