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    Goodbye Francis Crick...

    A master of science and arguably the founder of molecular biology has died at age 88. Francis Crick, well known for, of course, along with James Watson, coming up with the structure of the DNA double-helix (for which they won the Nobel prize)... I met him when I was in high school. I have his signature somewhere on the paper describing the lecture/talk he gave us (yeah to me he was like a celebrity, ok?). He was an incredible person. It's strange to think that someone so brilliant might never be born again. Seems there used to be more brilliant minds ages ago, doesn't it?

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    Last edited by ckBejug; 07-29-2004, 04:17 PM.
    The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
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    aaah what a loss! they (he and watson and the lady, rosalind [last name escapes me now] ) revolutionalized modern biology and basically put it on a molecular/biochem level...i never met crick but did have the pleasure to meet watson at ucla in 2000; the guy has an unbelievable sense of humor!! he told us how they had something like a 'do not disturb' sign to let each other know when they were 'busy' and didn't want anyone to enter the lab....he did refer to crick and a girl he was with at one point! hillarious man!!

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    • #3
      Seems there used to be more brilliant minds ages ago, doesn't it?
      Yes.. it's the leftard revolution!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by ckBejug
        A master of science and arguably the founder of molecular biology has died at age 88. Francis Crick, well known for, of course, along with James Watson, coming up with the structure of the DNA double-helix (for which they won the Nobel prize)... I met him when I was in high school. I have his signature somewhere on the paper describing the lecture/talk he gave us (yeah to me he was like a celebrity, ok?). He was an incredible person. It's strange to think that someone so brilliant might never be born again. Seems there used to be more brilliant minds ages ago, doesn't it?

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        If he is so special why have i not heard of him ever be mentioned in bio chem or any other textbooks or by the professors themselves?
        How do you hurt a masochist?
        -By leaving him alone.Forever.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by gevo
          If he is so special why have i not heard of him ever be mentioned in bio chem or any other textbooks or by the professors themselves?
          wow! u should get your tuition back! i am amazed!!! come on! who hasn't heard of watson&crick?

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          • #6
            well i havent, not that i pay too much attention in bio or chem anyways.. lol.. either way... im gonna go to student services wait in line for 4 hours and yell at them for it, and demand my money back... and when i dont get my money back, ill just walk away with the shame of defeat, and i would have wasted 5 hours of my time....

            on second thaught, i rather not have heard of him.. lol .. im sure he was a great guy...
            How do you hurt a masochist?
            -By leaving him alone.Forever.

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            • #7
              OMG FRANCIS CRICK DIED THAT SUCKS!

              He was the guy that discovered crickets and they are named after him. The world will never be the same again without him. I'm going to go finish a bottle of whisky now, in solace. I have nothing more to say...
              Achkerov kute.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Anonymouse
                OMG FRANCIS CRICK DIED THAT SUCKS!

                He was the guy that discovered crickets and they are named after him. The world will never be the same again without him. I'm going to go finish a bottle of whisky now, in solace. I have nothing more to say...

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by hyebruin
                  Hey, don't be insensitive, I have crickets, and thanks to Mr. Crick I am free of them.
                  Achkerov kute.

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                  • #10
                    Do not mind Anonymouse. He likes to here about the death of probable atheists.

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