Watson and DNA

Making a Scientific Revolution

Victor K. McElheny

380 pages, parution le 21/02/2003

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Praise for Watson and DNA:
"Jim Watson made the most important biological discovery of the 20th century. Then, with a quirky but unexpectedly effective leadership style, he overthrew the biology of a previous generation and used his positional Harvard to whip up a revolution in molecular biology In a superb book, McElheny tells us how he did it, and why for the past 50 years young scientists have just wanted to be near Jim. Who among us wouldn't have wanted to be at the center of a scientific revolution that is already revealing the deepest secrets of life?"
Nancy Haven Hopkins, Amgen Professor of Biology, MAssachussetts Institute of Technology
"James Watson is one of the most quirky and eccentric individuals ever to reach the starry firmament of immortal fame, A straight-ahead biography is much needed, given Watson's importance. In this perfectly timed account, Victor McElheny makes clear his own admiration for Watson, while giving space to his faults and his detractors at each turn of the spiral staircase."
Jonathan Weiner, author of The Best of the Finch and Time, Love, Memory

Contents

Books and Birds : " Growing Up " in Chicago
Target, The Gene: Bloomington and "Paradise"
Stumbling on Gold: Two Smart Alecks in Cambridge
A Beautiful Molecule: Being Believed
Now What? Thrashing Around
Harvard: "Few Dared Call Him to Account"
Manifesto and Marriage
"Fresh, Arrogant, Catty, Bratty, and Funny"
A Passion for Building: Cold Spring Harbor
"Higher" Cells: Science at Cold Spring Harbor
"Odd Man Out": Recombinant DNA
Genome: "It is So Obvious"
Epilogue: "I'm an Optimist"

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Victor K. McElheny
Parution	21/02/2003
Nb. de pages	380
Format	15,8 x 23,7
Couverture	Relié
Poids	716g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470854297
ISBN13	978-0-470-85429-7