{"product_id":"9781541602885","title":"Crick: A Mind in Motion","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"thrilling biography of one of the 20th century’s greatest minds\" (David Eagleman): Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and audacious genius \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e As Matthew Cobb shows in \u003ci\u003eCrick\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\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.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49990983745776,"sku":"9781541602885","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781541602885","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}