Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Author of a biography of Francis Crick, out in Nov 2025.
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As I have previously said, I am currently writing a book called THE IDEA OF HEREDITY, which explains why it took humanity so long to realise that there were consistent similarities between parents and offspring.
I am currently writing a book called THE IDEA OF HEREDITY, in which I explore why it took so long for humanity to realise that there was such a thing as heredity and what happened next.
A relationship that lasted nearly 50 years and which saw the publication of some key papers in the history of science, and some complete nonsense.
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In July 1959, the co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, Francis Crick, took a psychedelic trip on peyote through the power of poetry.
