The eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in biology / Horace Freeland Judson.
By: Judson, Horace Freeland.
Material type: BookPublisher: 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: 570.9Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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."