Eric Topol
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I mean, his son Michael was like 12 or something at the time.
That's right, yeah.
Yeah.
So I'm only a few blocks away from the Salk Institute at Scripps.
And obviously, Crick was a legend.
And I hear all kinds of stories.
And he would have parties.
But also, they had the place in Borrega Springs, which is just over an hour away in the desert.
I mean, a desert.
And they would be there quite a bit.
So they...
had the best of both worlds, the ocean and the desert.
And I think he really loved the Salk Institute.
Well, that's what this book accomplishes, that you bring him back to life.
Intimate portrait of a man who had profound influence in life science, but also his foibles, his character traits.
You don't hold back on these.
Now,
In the UK, there's a famous institute, the Crick.
And the Crick, obviously, we know, Crick who cracked the code or whatever.
Crick, you know, has this unbelievably distinguished track record in contribution to science.