{"product_id":"crick-matthew-cobb-9781541602885","title":"Crick: A Mind in Motion","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major new biography of Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and twentieth-century genius \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e As Matthew Cobb shows in Crick, 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. \u003cbr\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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Cobb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541602889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541602885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.37d","brand":"Matthew Cobb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962161615103,"sku":"9781541602885","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99f88b1c-1414-4a6f-b53c-d654e970b2ba.jpg?v=1750649506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crick-matthew-cobb-9781541602885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}