Francis Crick
Co-discovered DNA structure, central dogma of biology
Quotes by Francis Crick
Our minds, our brains, are the most complicated things in the universe. We can't expect to understand them without a lot of hard work.
The most important thing is to try and not make too many mistakes.
If you want to do original work, you have to be prepared to make mistakes.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
A man who is not a scientist and who has not made a scientific discovery can hardly be expected to understand the emotional impact of a scientific discovery.
The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.
The Astonishing Hypothesis is that 'You,' your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.
The more we know about the brain, the more we realize that it is a machine.
The genetic code is a dictionary that relates the sequence of nucleotides in DNA to the sequence of amino acids in proteins.
We have discovered the secret of life.
If you are a young scientist, you should not be afraid to tackle big problems.
The brain is a machine, and it is a very complicated machine.
The central dogma of molecular biology states that information flows from DNA to RNA to protein, but not in the reverse direction.
The most striking thing about the genetic code is its universality.
The brain is a computer, but it's a very special kind of computer.
The human brain is the most complex piece of machinery in the known universe.
The genetic code is degenerate, meaning that more than one codon can specify the same amino acid.
The brain is not a general-purpose computer; it's a highly specialized computer.
The genetic code is unambiguous, meaning that each codon specifies only one amino acid.
The brain is a biological machine, and it operates according to the laws of physics and chemistry.