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The eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in biology / Horace Freeland Judson.

By: Judson, Horace Freeland.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Penguin, 1995Description: 686 pages, [32] pages of plates ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0140178007 (m).Subject(s): Molecular biology -- History | Molecular biologists -- BiographyDDC classification: 570.9
Contents:
Part I DNA function and structure: the elucidation of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material: "He was a very 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," / J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick. Nature, Vol. 171 (25 April 1953), pages 737-738 -- Interlude: On T. H. Morgan's deviation and the secret of life -- Part II 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 III 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."
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 570.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009521
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 570.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015127
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Originally published by Cape in 1979, a look at the achievements in molecular biology in the 20th century, from genetics to X-ray crystallography, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in modern biology.

Originally published by Jonathan Cape, 1979.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I DNA function and structure: the elucidation of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material: "He was a very 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," / J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick. Nature, Vol. 171 (25 April 1953), pages 737-738 -- Interlude: On T. H. Morgan's deviation and the secret of life -- Part II 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 III 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."

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