The death of Francis Crick: The end of a golden age in biology

Michel Morange (1)

1 IHPST - Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques

Born in 1916, Francis Harry Compton Crick studied physics at University College, London, where he devoted his first scientific efforts to studying the viscosity of water at high temperatures.

Mots clés: DNA; Genetic Code; History; 20th Century; 21st Century; Molecular Biology; RNA

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Michel Morange. The death of Francis Crick: The end of a golden age in biology. Journal of Biosciences, 2004, 29 (4), pp.378-380. ⟨10.1007/BF02712107⟩. ⟨halshs-00791743⟩