Title:

The Social Impact of Biology (Rickman Godlee Lecture)

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

[24 October 1968]

Description:

In this lecture, given as the Rickman Godlee Lecture at University College London on October 24, 1968, Crick assessed the effect biology and particularly genetics were having on demography, medicine, economics, social policies, and cultural values. He concluded by calling for "a new ethical system based on modern science" rather than on religion.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 40. Folder: PP/CRI/E/1/16/13/1

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/

Genre:

Lecture notes

Subject:

Biology, Genetics, Social Values, and Economics

Format:

Text

Extent:

36 pages

Relation:

Letter from Lord Noel Annan to Francis Crick, 1968
Letter from H. Gobind Khorana to Francis Crick, 1968

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:

SCBBDK

NLM ID:

101584582X38

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X38

Story Section:

Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976