A Passion for DNA
Subtitle: Genes, Genomes, and Society
Contributors: Walter Gratzer (Introduction)
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Published: September 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780879696092
Subjects: Biography: general; DNA; Impact of science & technology on society; 20th century; Science; Medical - General; Science/Mathematics; Social aspects; Science and civilization; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Genetics; Molecular genetics
First sentence: Francis Crick-the other half of the famous partnership that lit the fuse and ignited the grand new enterprise of molecular biology-recorded in his autobiography (What Mad Pursuit) that at the time of their great discovery his friend Jim Watson was generally regarded as too bright to be sound.