Alfred P. Sloan Foundation series

A portrait of the twentieth-century scientific community and a memoir of the scientist who was at the forefront of particle physics.

This is a personal account of what it is like to do science, by Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the double helical structure of DNA. The book is autobiographical, but focuses primarily on events that had an impact on his career as a scientist.

A pioneer in the field of molecular biology provides candid observations on his profession and his life.