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Author: Robert Olby
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This engrossing biography by one of molecular biology's foremost scholars reveals the remarkable evolution of Francis Crick's scientific career and the shaping of his personality. From unpromising beginnings, he became a vital contributor to a remarkably creative period in science. Olby chronicles Crick's life from his early studies in biophysics, to the discovery of the structure of DNA, to his later work in neuroscience and the nature of consciousness. This account is woven together with insights into his personal life gained through access to Crick's papers, family, and friends. Robert Olby's book is a richly detailed portrait of one of the great scientists of our time.
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- Hardcover: 450 pages
- Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1 edition (August 24, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0879697989
- ISBN-13: 978-0879697983
- Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 6 x 8.9 inches
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Robert Olby's biography of Francis Crick is written with the authority and delicacy of a friend who had earned Crick's confidence for "working on his biography ... provided publication would not occur during his life" (xiv). Olby tells a compelling story of a clever Brit who knew what he wanted to do with his life from early on and managed to do a lot of what he intended. Crick didn't retire after helping to solve "the mystery of life" by discovering the structure of hereditary material. He didn't rest on his Nobel-laurels but worked on virtually every major problem of molecular biology in "The Excitiement of the Sixties" from the key to the genetic code to mechanisms of protein synthesis, from phage genetics to gradients in developing organisms. Ultimately, Crick directed his search to the meaning of consciousness and "slaying the immortal soul" (410). What a well told tale of a well spent life and glorious chase!.
By Stanley Shostak
Francis Crick was brilliant, idiosyncratic, scientist. He took on biology's greatest challenges with genius and gusto. He fully deserves a 450 page biography, with emphasis on his scientific ideas and achievements. And there is no one better suited to write it than Robert Olby, the author of the justly acclaimed "The Path to the Double Helix." Like his first book, this one is packed with scientific detail, deftly explained. But I was disappointed to find that "Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets" is less a biography than hagiography/autobiography. It portrays people and events as seen by Francis Crick, with little effort to show another side. For example, Olby uncritically adopts Crick's disdain for David Harker's ribonuclease project and Crick's ill-informed assessments of Harker and others. In fact that project revolutionized crystallography itself (direct methods, diffractometer); it wasn't just about proteins, or about being "first." Reader, beware.
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