Francis Crick

Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series <em>Francis Crick</em> is the first biography of the eminent scientist co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA. Written by Matt Ridley the award-winning author of the national bestseller <em>Genome Francis Crick</em> traces his life from middle class mediocrity in the English Midlands through a lackluster education and six years designing magnetic mines for the Royal Navy to his leap into biology at the age of 31 and his enormous success providing a considerably more complete and colorful portrait of Crick than has existed before. (<em>New York Times</em>)