Crick
A Mind in Motion – from DNA to the Brain
$48.99
- Hardcover
608 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2026
Summary
‘Cobb is a rare jewel’ - Adam Rutherford
Crick was a restless, relentless thinker, as fascinated by Beat poetry and psychedelics as the genetic meaning of life and the inner workings of the brain. Yet for all his drive, he was galvanised by collaboration: with Jim Watson on DNA, with artists in Cambridge and California, and with his wife Odile, who drew the figure of the double helix that illuminated his most famous discovery. It was his debates and conflicts with the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800811058 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800811055 |
| Author: | Matthew Cobb, Professor Matthew Cobb |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 900g |
| Dimensions: | 52mm x 154mm x 238mm |
Critics Review
Praise for The Genetic Age:
Fascinating, occasionally chilling and very readable’ - Rhys Blakely, The Times
‘An excellent primer for anyone seeking a well-informed discussion of the moral implications of this enduringly controversial science’ - Economist
‘Detailed and deeply researched … striking … complex’ - Henry Marsh, New Statesman
‘Disturbing and readable’ - New Scientist
’[A] deeply researched and often deeply troubling history of gene science … [in search of] decency and honor in a morally complex field’ - New York Times
Matthew Cobb
Matthew Cobb is Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester. He presented the BBC radio series Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares. His previous books include The Idea of the Brain: A History, which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford, and The Genetic Age, which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year.
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