The logic of life : a history of heredity
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The logic of life : a history of heredity
（Princeton science library）
Princeton University Press, 1993, c1973
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Logique du vivant
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Logique du vivant
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Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 1973
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-[337]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In The Logic of Life Francois Jacob looks at the way our understanding of biology has changed since the sixteenth century. He describes four fundamental turning points in the perception of the structure of living things: the discoveries of the functions of organs, cells, chromosomes and genes, and DNA.
Table of Contents
PrefaceIntroduction: The Programme11The Visible Structure19Generation20Deciphering Nature28Mechanism32Species44Preformation52Heredity672Organization74Memory and Heredity75The Hidden Architecture82Life88The Chemistry of Life92The Plan of Organization100The Cell1113Time130Cataclysms131Transformations142Fossils152Evolution1604The Gene178Experimentation180Statistical Analysis192The Birth of Genetics201The Dance of the Chromosomes209Enzymes2265The Molecule247Macromolecules249Micro-organisms260The Message267Regulation279Copy and Error286Conclusion: The Integron299Notes325Index339
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