Crick: A Mind in Motion – from DNA to the Brain
Autor Professor Matthew Cobben Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mar 2026
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781800811072
ISBN-10: 1800811071
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 8pp colour plates
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1800811071
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: 8pp colour plates
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 mm
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Matthew Cobb is Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester. The presenter of the BBC radio series Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares, his previous books include The Idea of the Brain: A History, which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford, and The Genetic Age, a Sunday Times Book of the Year.
Recenzii
The definitive backstory of one of the towering figures of 20th-century science
Magisterial ... Cobb is reliably excellent in maintaining the narrative momentum of a life in science that was anything but mundane ... A gripping and accessible account
Full of surprises ... fascinating ... If you are interested in how DNA's structure was discovered and what happened next, this is the book to read
This captivating biography is deeply researched and elegantly written. Crick is painted as an extraordinary mind -bold, curious and combative - and the book offers a glimpse of his colourful personal life, replete with parties, affairs, drugs and feuds
Vivid and authoritative ... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man
Magnificent and expansive ... Crick is set to become the definitive account of this polymath'slife and work.
Impressive ... absorbing ... Cobb writes with clarity and a touch of affection for his subject. His Crick is radical in science and conservative in temperament; deeply irreligious yet moved by poetry; a philanderer who adored his wife. Above all he is insatiably curious - a mind in motion, indeed
The definitive biography of Francis Crick
Scintillating ... Time and time again, he condenses a mass of letters and bitty information into a gripping and involving story ... A biography to savour
A clear and comprehensive account ... Cobb does an excellent job of explaining the science behind Crick's most significant work ... An excellent introduction to the man and his work
Rich and rewarding
I loved this brilliant biography of Crick
A new masterpiece biography ... deeply researched ... thrilling
Like Crick himself, this is brilliant and inspiring. A landmark biography
An enthralling biography. Clear, sharp and meticulous, Crick is the story of a mind that never stopped questioning - and how science is still trying to catch up
This is the biography that Crick deserves: compellingly readable, insightful, celebratory and critical as the content demands, and entirely true to the spirit of this ingenious, remarkable and sometimes infuriating man. It is hard to imagine this book ever being bettered
Cobb's brilliant new biography tracks the weighty twentieth century life of Francis Crick. Just as Crick peered into DNA looking for its structure, Cobb peers into an idiosyncratic and even unlikely scientific career, from Cambridge to California, from DNA to neuroscience. Engaging and enlightening
A fascinating insight into the man behind one of the most well-known names in biology and his incredible contributions to science. A detailed, affectionate and thoroughly enjoyable account of Crick's restless and relentless pursuit of the bigger truths
At last: a life of Crick that resembles the original - immensely learned, jaunty, funny, often surprisingly tender. Cobb puts the legendary mind of Francis Crick back where it belongs - in the body of a very human being
In this thrilling biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest minds, Cobb uncovers the unseen twists, relentless curiosity and sheer audacity that shaped Francis Crick's remarkable life. This intimate portrait will inspire any reader drawn to the thrill of discovery and the power of big ideas
Crick: A Mind in Motion beautifully captures the personality of Francis Crick, the way I knew him for 16 years, his incandescent intellect, his incessant striving for mechanistic explanations in terms of genes and neurons underlying the code of life and the footprints of consciousness in the brain, always, always asking why and why not, until, literally, the day he died
Magisterial ... Cobb is reliably excellent in maintaining the narrative momentum of a life in science that was anything but mundane ... A gripping and accessible account
Full of surprises ... fascinating ... If you are interested in how DNA's structure was discovered and what happened next, this is the book to read
This captivating biography is deeply researched and elegantly written. Crick is painted as an extraordinary mind -bold, curious and combative - and the book offers a glimpse of his colourful personal life, replete with parties, affairs, drugs and feuds
Vivid and authoritative ... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man
Magnificent and expansive ... Crick is set to become the definitive account of this polymath'slife and work.
Impressive ... absorbing ... Cobb writes with clarity and a touch of affection for his subject. His Crick is radical in science and conservative in temperament; deeply irreligious yet moved by poetry; a philanderer who adored his wife. Above all he is insatiably curious - a mind in motion, indeed
The definitive biography of Francis Crick
Scintillating ... Time and time again, he condenses a mass of letters and bitty information into a gripping and involving story ... A biography to savour
A clear and comprehensive account ... Cobb does an excellent job of explaining the science behind Crick's most significant work ... An excellent introduction to the man and his work
Rich and rewarding
I loved this brilliant biography of Crick
A new masterpiece biography ... deeply researched ... thrilling
Like Crick himself, this is brilliant and inspiring. A landmark biography
An enthralling biography. Clear, sharp and meticulous, Crick is the story of a mind that never stopped questioning - and how science is still trying to catch up
This is the biography that Crick deserves: compellingly readable, insightful, celebratory and critical as the content demands, and entirely true to the spirit of this ingenious, remarkable and sometimes infuriating man. It is hard to imagine this book ever being bettered
Cobb's brilliant new biography tracks the weighty twentieth century life of Francis Crick. Just as Crick peered into DNA looking for its structure, Cobb peers into an idiosyncratic and even unlikely scientific career, from Cambridge to California, from DNA to neuroscience. Engaging and enlightening
A fascinating insight into the man behind one of the most well-known names in biology and his incredible contributions to science. A detailed, affectionate and thoroughly enjoyable account of Crick's restless and relentless pursuit of the bigger truths
At last: a life of Crick that resembles the original - immensely learned, jaunty, funny, often surprisingly tender. Cobb puts the legendary mind of Francis Crick back where it belongs - in the body of a very human being
In this thrilling biography of one of the twentieth century's greatest minds, Cobb uncovers the unseen twists, relentless curiosity and sheer audacity that shaped Francis Crick's remarkable life. This intimate portrait will inspire any reader drawn to the thrill of discovery and the power of big ideas
Crick: A Mind in Motion beautifully captures the personality of Francis Crick, the way I knew him for 16 years, his incandescent intellect, his incessant striving for mechanistic explanations in terms of genes and neurons underlying the code of life and the footprints of consciousness in the brain, always, always asking why and why not, until, literally, the day he died