{"product_id":"crick-a-mind-in-motion-9781541602885","title":"Crick: A Mind in Motion","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major new biography of Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and twentieth-century genius \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A richly detailed picture of a brilliant and innovative, if flawed, man.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What are the moments that make a life? In Francis Crick's, the decisive moment came in 1951, when he first met James Watson. Their ensuing discovery of the structure of DNA made Crick world-famous. But neither that chance meeting nor that discovery made Crick who he was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Matthew Cobb shows in \u003ci\u003eCrick\u003c\/i\u003e, it is another chance encounter, with a line from the writing of Beat poet Michael McClure, that reveals Crick's character: \"THIS IS THE POWERFUL KNOWLEDGE,\" it shouted. Crick, having read it, would keep it with him for the rest of his life, a token of his desire to solve the riddles of existence. John Keats once accused scientists of merely wanting to \"unweave a rainbow,\" but it was an irrepressible, Romantic urge to wonder that defined Crick, as much as a desire to find the basis of life in DNA and the workings of our minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the first time ever, Cobb presents the full portrait of Crick, a scientist and a man: his triumphs and failings, insights and oversights. Crick set out to find the powerful knowledge. Almost miraculously, he did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Cobb\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus at the University of Manchester He earned his PhD in psychology and genetics from the University of Sheffield. He is the author of seven books including: \u003ci\u003eAs Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of the Brain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife's Greatest Secret\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705515344146,"sku":"9781541602885","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fdff3e91-db16-477f-b071-cd071c02c83e.jpg?v=1762348473","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crick-a-mind-in-motion-9781541602885","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}