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The century of the gene / Evelyn Fox Keller.
LIBRA QH428 .K448 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keller, Evelyn Fox, 1936-2023.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetics--History--20th century.
- Genetics.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 186 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- A gifted historian and philosopher of science provides a powerful, profound analysis of the achievements of genetics and molecular biology in the 20th century. In addition to chronicling biology's progress from gene to genome in 100 years, the book illuminates the surprising ways these advances challenge the familiar picture of the gene. 3 halftones. 4 line drawings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674003721
- OCLC:
- 43810893
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