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Francis Crick (1916–2004)

Autore di La scienza e l'anima

16+ opere 1,138 membri 16 recensioni 3 preferito

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The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008) — Collaboratore — 803 copie
The Double Helix [Norton Critical Edition] (1968) — Collaboratore — 371 copie
Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem (1997) — Collaboratore — 82 copie

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Very enjoyable reading, but a much different book than Watson's account of the discovery of DNA in "The Double Helix". This book was more of a reflection on a career in science than on a particular episode. It's filled with a good number of quotes and truisms that I couldn't help but jot down, such as "... one good example is worth a thousand theoretical arguments".
 
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tgraettinger | 4 altre recensioni | Aug 18, 2020 |
Crick es de los científicos más eclécticos de los últimos tiempos. Hicieron bien en UK al nombrar al principal edificio de investigación con su nombre. Luego del Nobel, ya libre de las presiones por "hacer algo", Crick, que es de los pocos científicos que hizo descubrimientos pasada la tercera década, dedica su intelecto a estudiar su intelecto. ¿Cómo puede un cerebro estudiarse a si mismo? Este es el relato del libro. Apasionante.
 
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sergiouribe | 6 altre recensioni | Nov 1, 2016 |
Really interesting. Pretty scientific & technical.
 
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aketzle | 6 altre recensioni | Jan 17, 2015 |
An Extraordinary Journey

Dr. Crick shares with the readers his personal journey of scientific discovery. Starting with how he chose molecular biology as his pursuit, the "gossip test -- what you are really interested in is what you gossip about", leading up to the discovery of structure of DNA and the genetic code, and eventually the study of neurobiology when he passed 60, "at my time of life I had a right to do things for my own amusement". Dr. Crick's intelligence and great sense of humor shines throughout.

It's a rare, insightful book that is both entertaining and intellectually stimulating, with many amusing anecdotes and characters. For example, at one point he had to extract enzymes from his own tears and even thought of testing his two-year-old daughter's tears, but "was sternly forbidden to attempt it" by his wife. Mad pursuit indeed.

The Eureka Moment

"It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog."

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booksontrial | 4 altre recensioni | Jan 4, 2013 |

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