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Makers of the Revolution in Biology
Horace Freeland Judson
ISBN: 9780879694784
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.
Edition: Expanded edition
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This lay history of molecular biology now contains material on some of the principal figures involved, particularly Rosalind Franklin and Erwin Chargaff. The foreword and epilogue sketch the further development of molecular biology into the era of recombinant DNA.
Unavailable in the U.S. for many years, Horace Judson's remarkable lay history of molecular biology is now published in a new, expanded edition. The author has added new material on some of the principal figures involved, particularly Rosalind Franklin. Also included are a new Forward and an Afterword which sketches the further development of molecular biology into the era of recombinant DNA. No one active in current molecular genetics can fail to be informed and entertained by this extraordinary account of how it all began. Also highly recommended for students and interested lay people.
| ISBN | 0879694785 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780879694784
(What's this?) | | Pages | 729 | | Publisher | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S. | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S. | | Weight (grammes) | 1261 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | New York | | Publication date | 01 Jan 1996 | | Height (mm) | 260 | | Writer of preface | John Maddox | | Width (mm) | 179 | | Library of Congress | QH506.J83 | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 572.8 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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Part I DNA: "He was a very remarkable fellow. Even more odd then, than later"; "DNA, you know, is Midas' gold. Everyone who touches it goes mad"; "Then they ask you, 'What is the significance of DNA for mankind, Dr Watson?'"; on T.H. Morgan's deviation and the secret of life. Part II RNA: "The number of the beast"; "My mind was, that a dogma was an idea for which there was no reasonable evidence! You see?"; "The gene was something in the minds of people as inaccessible as the material of the galaxies"; "He wasn't a member of the club". Part III Protein: "As always, I was driven on by wild expectations"; "I have discovered the second secret of life"; "Always the same impasse".
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