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
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c1996
25th anniversary ed
- : pbk
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"This twenty-fifth anniversary edition contains a new Afterword from the author describing how the book came to be written"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 645-699) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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