The criteria for the Crick Prize are as follows:
The Orwell test: Was the article written in good, clear English?
The scholarship test: Was its knowledge base sound and well grounded?
The Alzheimer test: Could I remember its contents clearly several days after reading it?
The durability test: Is it likely to be read some years later, or was it just good current comment?
The originality test: Did it have something distinctly new to say?
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The Crick test: Would Bernard have appreciated it? (that doesn’t mean he would necessarily have agreed with it).
The judges felt all of these criteria were met.