Francis Crick

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We had found the secret of life!

Francis Crick

On the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953.

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DNA Genetics Biology

Author

Francis Crick

Source

The Double Helix

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Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Crick, Frances. Quoted in The Double Helix, by James D. Watson. Atheneum Press/Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968, ch. 26.

"You", your joys and your sorrows, your memories and ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.

Francis Crick

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Free will The soul Nature of man

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Francis Crick

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Scientific literature

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English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Crick, Frances. The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994, ch. 1.

It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.

Francis Crick

Proposing the double helix as the structure of DNA.

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DNA Genetics Biology Moments of discovery

Author

Francis Crick

Source

Nature

Medium

Magazine

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Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Crick, Francis and James D. Watson. "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid." Nature, 25 Apr. 1953.