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A History of Molecular Biology (Paperback)

by M Morange (Author)
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  • Paperback: 348 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press; New edition edition (1 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0674001699
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674001695
  • Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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This text is a complete but compact account for a general readership of the history of the revolution within molecular biology. The author takes us from the beginning of the 20th century convergence of molecular biology's two progenitors, genetics and biochemistry, to the perfection of gene slicing and cloning techniques in the 1980s. Drawing on the work of American, English, and French historians of science, Michel Morange describes the major discoveries - the double helix, messenger RNA, oncogenes, DNA polymerase - but also explains how and why these breakthroughs took place. The text contains mini-biographies of the founders of molecular biology: Delbruck, Watson and Crick, Monod and Jacob and Nirenberg.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must have for students, 14 Mar 1999
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This review is from: A History of Molecular Biology (Hardcover)
I myself being a student of biochemistry, sometimes (meaning very often) loose track of the sequence of discoveries leading to the present state of knowledge which is presented as a matter-of-factly in the books I use in my studies.

This book, presents the chronological sequence of events and describes the luck by which researchers like Crick and Watson was brought together. Likewise it presents a critical view on the researchers and whether it was the people who got the credit who made the actual discoveries.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read, 27 Sep 2009
By Ian Bell (Kings norton) - See all my reviews
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As a scientist who studied Biochemistry about 20 years ago, I wanted to read a text that would cover some of the classic experiments of molecular biology. This book is an excellent read both for readers with knowledge of the science, or for the casual reader who wants to dip into the history of molecular biology. The book takes the reader from the "The one gene, one enzyme hypothesis" of the early 1940's through to the use of polymerase chain reaction in the mid 1980s. Concise chapters, well written, it was a welcome trip down memory lane, giving the background and historical context of classic experiments that I had studied as an undergraduate.
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