Life's greatest secret
Subtitle: the race to crack the genetic code
By: Matthew Cobb
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780465062676
Subjects: Genetic code; DNA
Description: The story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-404) and index.
Table of contents: title: Genes before DNA; title: Information is everywhere; title: The transformation of genes; title: A slow revolution; title: The age of control; title: The double helix; title: Genetic information; title: The central dogma; title: Enzyme cybernetics; title: Enter the outsides; title: The race; title: Update; title: Surprises and sequences; title: The central dogma revisited; title: Brave new world; title: Origins and meanings.