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Crick
A Mind in Motion
Book • 2025
For the first time ever, Matthew Cobb presents the full portrait of Francis Crick, a scientist and a man: his triumphs and failings, insights and oversights.
Crick set out to find the powerful knowledge—almost miraculously, he did.
Defined by an irrepressible, Romantic urge to wonder, Crick sought the basis of life in DNA and the workings of our minds, changing our view of life forever.
Crick set out to find the powerful knowledge—almost miraculously, he did.
Defined by an irrepressible, Romantic urge to wonder, Crick sought the basis of life in DNA and the workings of our minds, changing our view of life forever.
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