The Discovery
Memorial
December
15th 2005 saw the official unveiling of the Discovery Memorial. The
sculpture, entitled Discovery, celebrates Francis Crick's discovery
in 1953 of the DNA double helix, alongside the American James
Watson. Crick, Watson and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
Francis Harry Compton Crick was born in Weston Favell, Northampton
on 8 June 1916. He died in July 2004, aged 88. The sculpture
depicts the twisting strands of a DNA molecule with the two human
figures representing "the secret of life" that is built from
DNA.
Lucy Glendinning, who is established as
a classical sculptor with contemporary design, created the memorial
which was wholly funded by the Wilson Foundation.
