The logic of life : a history of heredity : the possible and the actual

Author(s)

• Jacob, François

Bibliographic Information

The logic of life : a history of heredity : the possible and the actual

François Jacob ; translated by Betty E. Spillmann

Penguin Books, 1989

Other Title

Logique du vivant

Note

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Vintage Books, 1976, c1973

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An account of the development of an intellectual discipline, tracing the interplay between received ideas, experiment and creative thinking, and between intellectual currents and the practical development of technology in the outside world.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA33443667
• ISBN:
  • 0140552421
• LCCN: 81018793
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 430 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH428
  • DC19 : 575.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Genetics -- History
  • LCSH : Biology -- History
  • LCSH : Life (Biology)