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SUMMARY:Continuities in Francis Crick's scientific life and the ethos of p
 ost-World War II Cambridge biophysics - Christine Aicardi (Wellcome Librar
 y and UCL)
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CONTACT:Sophie Waring
DESCRIPTION:Over long careers\, researchers often change the topics they s
 tudy. Francis Crick certainly did\, from molecular biology to developmenta
 l biology to\nneuroscience. His latter career in neuroscience\, spanning a
 s many years as his career in molecular biology\, has so far attracted lit
 tle scholarly\nattention\, and in the few existing accounts\, Crick's move
  to neuroscience is depicted as a radical change of career path. The proje
 ct I have recently started on looks for the continuities over Crick's long
  career and across the different subjects he studied. I aim to show that (
 1) Crick's research endeavours share a specific theoretical framework\, me
 thodological elements and approach to experimentation\, (2) the research e
 nvironments Crick\ninhabited and helped shape throughout his life were cha
 racterised by a distinct form of interdisciplinary research culture. Furth
 er\, I hope to tie these threads running through Crick's scientific life t
 o the ethos of biophysics in the decades following World War II\, embodied
  in an exclusive Cambridge biophysics club\, the Hardy Club. My interest i
 n this subject fits into my long-term research into interdisciplinary rese
 arch groups and how they operate. The presentation I will be giving is ver
 y much work-in-progress.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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