{"product_id":"crick-a-mind-in-motion-1541602889","title":"Crick: A Mind in Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1541602889\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cobb, Matthew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major new biography of Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and twentieth-century genius\"Vivid and authoritative... [an] intriguing portrait of a gifted, self-absorbed, exuberant, and intuitive man.\" -The New York TimesNamed a Best Book of the Year by Economist  GuardianWhat are the moments that make a life? In Francis Cricks, 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.As Matthew Cobb shows in Crick, it is another chance encounter, with a line from the writing of Beat poet Michael McClure, that reveals Cricks 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.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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52177612341536,"sku":"NEW1541602889","price":26.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81veAvEteEL.jpg?v=1786475106","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/crick-a-mind-in-motion-1541602889","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}