title: Fame is a bubble, but not for some.
abstract: Brilliant, acerbic, not given to suffer much of anybody gladly, let alone fools, Francis Crick had enormous influence that was due to his style and high scientific standards.
authors.affiliation: Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA. petsko@brandeis.edu
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Petsko
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010825:Physics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA