Francis Crick
Co-discovered DNA structure, central dogma of biology
Quotes by Francis Crick
A theory that explains everything explains nothing.
The important thing is to never stop questioning.
The most important thing is to try and make sense of the world.
It is notoriously difficult to get rid of a theory once it has been established.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The genetic code is a comma-free code.
The brain is not a general-purpose computer; it is a collection of specialized modules.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.
The brain is a machine that makes predictions.
The brain is a self-organizing system.
The brain is a dynamic system, constantly changing and adapting.
The genetic code is universal, or nearly so.
The brain is a parallel processor.
The genetic code is a marvel of evolutionary engineering.
The brain is a probabilistic machine.
The genetic code is the language of life.
The brain is a pattern recognition device.
The brain is a learning machine.
If you are a young man and you want to do science, you should go into molecular biology. It's the only field where you can still make a name for yourself.
It is not often that a scientist has the opportunity to make a discovery that changes the whole course of biology. But that is what we did.