Francis Sellers Collins Book. Collins, head of the human genome project, is one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of dna, the code of life. In august 2009, he became the director of the national institutes of health (nih) in bethesda, maryland.
In physical chemistry from yale. Collins’s main point in the book is to encourage all readers, whether faithful or atheist, to stop the angry, vitriolic tone that so plagues discussi francis collins is a great guy, and i was happy to finally read through this book, which had such a part in launching the organization biologos, along with many good discussions. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in god.
Francis sellers collins, m.d., ph.d., was born in staunton, virginia, to parents who sought to raise him in an idealized agrarian lifestyle, homeschooling him until he was 10 on a farm in the shenandoah valley.
He currently serves as director of the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. Collins, m.d., ph.d., helped to discover the genetic misspellings that cause cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, huntington's disease, and a rare form of premature aging called progeria. His most recent book is the language of god: Prior to being appointed director, he was the founder and president of the biologos foundation.