How did I miss this?
From an age where exploration in science was as exciting as a treasure hunt for gold, as a teenager, he was truly one of my inspirations. I yearned to make a big, lifetime discovery like that. I devoured “The Double Helix” and although I, as a post modern woman cringed at the flippant remarks concerning Rosalind Franklin, I couldn’t help but be in awe. How the pieces of the puzzle, the hunt of the century came together so simply and so beautifully. DNA will always been almost magical to me, even after years of study and sure knowledge of what is it and how it works.
His more recent research in neurosciences still send that tingle of … calling down my spine:
“It is essential to understand our brains in some details if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.”
Maybe, just maybe I’ll answer that calling…
Although I missed the news of your passing, Sir Francis, you will be missed.
