Crick

Like Crick himself, this is brilliant and inspiring. A landmark biography -- Adam Rutherford, author * Creation *
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 -- Roger Highfield, author * Virtual You *
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 -- Philip Ball, author * How Life Works: A User's Guide *
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 -- Alison Bashford, author * The Huxleys *
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 -- Kathryn Harkup, author * The Secret Lives of the Elements *
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 -- Nathaniel Comfort, biographer of James Watson
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 -- David Eagleman, author * The Brain *
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 -- Christof Koch, author * Then I Am Myself The World *
Praise for The Genetic Age: Fascinating, occasionally chilling and very readable -- Rhys Blakely * The Times *
An excellent primer for anyone seeking a well-informed discussion of the moral implications of this enduringly controversial science * Economist *
Detailed and deeply researched ... striking ... complex -- Henry Marsh * New Statesman *
Disturbing and readable * New Scientist *
[A] deeply researched and often deeply troubling history of gene science ... [in search of] decency and honor in a morally complex field * New York Times *