Francis Crick (1916-2004)
Man who helped unlock DNA dies
The BBC obituary has further details on his life, including this great snippet:
He dabbled in science from an early age, once attempting, unsuccessfully, whilst in primary school, to make artificial silk. The process involved putting explosive material into bottles and blowing them up electrically.
That sounds like a really fun/cool thing to try, even if it didn’t work.
