Francis Crick Born : 8 June, 1916 Died : 28 July, 2004 In the economic slump following World War I, Francis Crick's family moved to London. He went on to study physics at University College in London but the outbreak of World War II interrupted his studies. He joined the British admiralty research laboratory developing radar and magnetic mines for Naval Warfare. He stayed on for 2 years after the war and during the time read What is life? T he physical aspects of the living cell by physicist, Erwin Schrodinger. Schrodinger was fascinated with the idea of applying physics to the study of Biology. This exciting Idea provoked trick to switch his Career plans from particle physics to biology. Cric begin work at a Cambridge University laboratory, learning Biology organic chemistry and x-ray diffraction Technology. By 1949, he was working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge investigating the structures of proteins. The idea of revealing the mysteries of the genet...
