Francis Crick

discover, with James Watson, of structure of DNA

In 1961 Crick resigned as a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, when it proposed to build a chapel. When Winston Churchill wrote to him, pointing out that "none need enter (the chapel) unless they wish", Dr Crick replied that on those grounds, the college should build a brothel (Prostitution), and enclosed a cheque for 10 guineas.
Dr Watson, 74, said religious explanations were "myths from the past". "Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely," he said.
how lame that Crick was succeeded at the Human Genome Project by Francis Collins

Bill Seitz