The eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in biology
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The eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in biology
(Penguin science)
Penguin Books, 1995
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Note
First published: Jonathan Cape, 1979
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Tells of the beginnings of molecular biology and the revolution in life sciences that resulted from the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 DNA - function and structure - the elucidation of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material: "he was a remarkable fellow. Even more odd then, than later"
- "DNA, you know, is Midas' gold. Everybody who touches it goes mad"
- "then they ask you, "what is the significance of DNA for mankind, Dr Watson?"
- "molecular structure of nucleic acids - a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid" by J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick. 'Nature', vol. 171 (24 April 1953) pages 737-738
- interlude
- on T.H. Morgan's deviation and the secret of life. Part 2 RNA - the functions of the structure - the breaking of the genetic code, the discovery of the messenger: "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 3 Protein - structure and function - the solution of how protein molecules work: "as always, I was driven on by wild expectations"
- "I have discovered the second secret of life"
- always the same impasse"
- a postcard from Mount Fourier.
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