Francis Harry Compton Crick (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist.
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The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry. Francis Crick
The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.
It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us. Francis Crick
It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.
There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper. Francis Crick
There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.
A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong. Francis Crick
A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong.
The balance of evidence both from the cell-free system and from the study of mutation, suggests that this does not occur at random, and that triplets coding the same amino acid may well be rather similar. Francis Crick
The balance of evidence both from the cell-free system and from the study of mutation, suggests that this does not occur at random, and that triplets coding the same amino acid may well be rather similar.
Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking. Francis Crick
Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking.
A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship. Francis Crick
A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.
In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death. Francis Crick
In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.
Since I essentially knew nothing, I had an almost completely free choice. Francis Crick
Since I essentially knew nothing, I had an almost completely free choice.