Francis Crick Quotes

United Kingdom, Molecular Biologist
June 8, 1916 – July, 28, 2004.

Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS was a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, most noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 with Rosalind Franklin and James Watson. Together with Watson and Maurice Wilkins, he was jointly awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". The results were based partly on fundamental studies done by Rosalind Franklin, Raymond Gosling and Wilkins.

Also known as Scientist

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

Francis Crick
- Die
- Fight
- Dangerous
Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.

Francis Crick

Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children.

Francis Crick
Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking.

Francis Crick
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies that generates consciousness, just as tones from individual instruments produce the rich, complex, & seamless sounds of a symphony orchestra.

Francis Crick
There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.

Francis Crick
- Universe
- Brain
- Study
A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.

Francis Crick
- Criticism
- Values
- Higher
A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

Francis Crick
- Should
- Wrong
- Explain

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.

Francis Crick
My own prejudices are exactly the opposite of the functionalists': "If you want to understand function, study structure".

Francis Crick