Yet Crick was not afraid to be wrong. Before settling on the double helix, he proposed a triple one. He published an ...
It's a major discovery of the 21st century: knowing the structure of DNA has revolutionized our knowledge of life, medicine ...
Portland artist Kindra Crick shows off “What Mad Pursuit,” a sculpture inspired by the work of her grandfather, DNA pioneer Francis Crick. (Credit: Alex Crick / @crickontour) The granddaughter of ...
Biologist Francis Crick had a “eureka” moment in 1953, and made sure people knew it. Crick told patrons of the Eagle Pub in Cambridge, England that he and fellow biologist James Watson had “found the ...
The drama that surrounded Francis Crick and James Watson’s 1953 unveiling of the structure of DNA is no secret — Watson described the heated competition between two British research groups in his ...
The third page of the letter contains a diagram Crick drew of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. "Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important discovery." That's the humble start ...
In a special edition of GEN Live to wrap up 2025, we are thrilled to welcome special guest Matthew Cobb, PhD, author of a wonderful new biography of Francis Crick, PhD, entitled CRICK: A Mind in ...
Michael A. Hiltzik is a Times staff writer. He last wrote for the magazine about the dispute over screenwriting credits for the film "Spider-Man." His gait is slower now, his voice no longer quite as ...
SAN DIEGO – Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, who co-discovered the spiral, double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 and opened the way for everything from gene-spliced crops and medicines to ...
In the economic slump following World War I, Francis Crick's family moved to London. At school there, Crick was especially interested in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. He went on to study ...
"Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important discovery." That's the humble start to the seven-page handwritten letter — signed "lots of love, Daddy" — written by British scientist Francis ...