Letter from Francis Crick to Marshall W. Nirenberg
- Title:
- Letter from Francis Crick to Marshall W. Nirenberg
- Creator:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Recipient:
- Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Date:
- 21 April 1966
- Description:
- In this letter Crick demonstrated his characteristic concern for maintaining social conventions of openness, collegiality, and expeditiousness in communicating scientific ideas among researchers. Only if such conventions were maintained, Crick repeatedly insisted, could priority of scientific discoveries be established, and personal credit and professional esteem be granted accordingly.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 10. Folder: PP/CRI/D/1/1/14
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Genetic Code
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Relation:
- Letter from Marshall W. Nirenberg to Francis Crick, 1966 Letter from Francis Crick to Marshall W. Nirenberg, 1966
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Legacy ID:
- SCBBBY
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X13
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X13
- Story Section:
- Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966