1. “Six pints of bitter” said Ford Prefect to the barman of theHorse and Groom“and quickly please, the world's about to end.” The barman of the Horse and Groom didn't deserve this sort of treatment, he was a dignified old man. He pushed his glasses up and blinked at Ford Prefect. Ford ignored him and stared out of the window, so the barman looked instead at Arthur who shrugged helplessly and said nothing. So the barman said “Oh yes, sir? Nice weather for it.”Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas Adams, Chapter 2
2. Erwin Chargaff's less than complimentary comment about Francis Crick His other famously acid quote about our two heroes was on the lines of “Never have two pigmies cast such a long shadow”
3. This letter is quoted verbatim inThe Eighth Day of Creation(p. 182)
4. This was Francis Crick's prospective title. In his autobiography [5], he describes how he made a start at >this. In an echo of the beginning of the double helix, the opening sentence was to be “Jim was always clumsy with his hands. One had only to see him peel an orange.” This was more or less as far as he got
5. Francis Crick's autobiography An alternative title, suggested by Sidney Brenner, wasBrighter than a Thousand Jims