What Mad Pursuit
The widely-praised memoir of the co-discoverer of the double helix of DNA. Crick describes the experiences that brought him to the field of molecular biology, the failures and frustrations preceding his triumph, and the peculiar distortions that crept into popular accounts of the event. Illustrated.
弗朗西斯·克里克(1916-2004)
20世纪最伟大的生物学家之一。1953年,他与吉姆·沃森合作发现了DNA的双螺旋结构,为此荣膺1962年诺贝尔奖。他对分子生物学的其他贡献还包括:预见了转运RNA的存在,提出了中心法则,领衔破解了遗传密码。后半生转向脑研究,主攻意识问题,并著有《惊人的假说》一书。
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