Stuck on what to read? Here are two recommendations from us
Matthew Cobb’s biography of Francis Crick traces his unlikely route to co-discovering DNA, from civil service to nearly being sacked, before he and Watson finally solved the molecule’s structure in 1953.
Christine Webb’s The Arrogant Ape challenges the idea of human supremacy, showing how intelligence, social bonds, tool use and even pain are shared across animals, and sometimes plants, arguing that abandoning our superiority complex brings us closer to nature.
Read our full reviews: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835692-000-surprising-new-biography-of-francis-crick-unravels-the-story-of-dna/
