"Both of us had decided, quite independently of each other, that the central problem in molecular biology was the chem…"

"I argued that it was important not to place too much reliance on any single piece of experimental evidence. It might …"

"Rather than believe that Watson and Crick made the DNA structure, I would rather stress that the structure made Watso…"

"If for example I had some idea, which as it turned out would be quite wrong, was going off of the tangent, Watson wou…"

"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry."

"Unlike you and your colleagues I have formed the opinion that there is much substance to Jensen's arguments. In brief…"

"I wasn't aware of Chargaff's rules when he said them, but the effect on me was quite electric because I realized imme…"

"An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of l…"

"Big questions get big answers."

"What is found in biology is mechanisms, mechanisms built with chemical components and that are often modified by othe…"