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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2000. Tells the history of the "biochemical revolution" and describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the stories of the scientists involved, ex. Louia Pasteur, Gregor Mendel, Linus Pauling, and Francis Crick.
Full Description
Combining science and biography into a seamless chronological narrative, the author of Vital Forces brings to life the successes and failures, collaborations and feuds, and errors and insights that produced the revolution in biology. The story is told in a clear, engaging, and absorbing manner. This delightful work relates the fascinating and staggering advances in concepts and theories over the last 200 years and introduces the major figures of the times.
Contents
List of Plates.Preface.Acknowledgements.The Revolution in Chemistry Has Come to Pass.The Maze of Organic Chemistry.A Singular Inward Laboratory.The Catalytic Force.Building Stones of Protoplasm.The Chemical and Geometrical Phenomena of Heredity.The Megachemisry of the Future.The Giant Molecules of the Living Cell.The Chemical Basis of Genetics.The Heredity Code-script.The Ubiquitous Spiral.Our Thread of Ariadne.Nature is Blind and Reads Braille.References.Selected Readings in the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.Name Index.Subject Index.