Maurice Wilkins Professions : Physicist Born : December 15, 1916 Died : October 5, 2004 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Maurice Wilkins I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress. Maurice Wilkins progress mistake mean DNA is like Midas's gold, everyone who touches it goes mad. Maurice Wilkins mad dna gold In the time of my parents, before World War One, most people who came to New Zealand from Europe were the more enterprising people; the people who were stronger mentally. It takes a certain amount of imagination to make a life on the other side of the world, the same imagination it takes to climb the tallest mountain. Maurice Wilkins imagination europe war It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection. Maurice Wilkins growth life science Similar Authors Gabriel Lippmann physicist Burton Richter physicist Bruno Rossi physicist Bruce Maccabee physicist Brian Cox physicist Allan McLeod Cormack physicist All Authors