Genesis of the Salk Institute : the epic of its founders / Suzanne Bourgeois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourgeois, Suzanne, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Research--California--San Diego.

Biology.

Research institutes--California--San Diego.

Research institutes.

Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is a personal account of the origins and early years of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Bourgeois crafts an engaging study that draws on her involvement with the Institute and on related archives, interviews, and informal conversations.The volume discusses the people who founded the Institute and built a home for renowned research-leading scientists of the time as well as non-scientists of stature in finance, politics, philanthropy, publishing, and the humanities. The events that brought people together, the historic backdrop in which they worked, their personalities, their courage and their visions, their clash of egos and their personal vanities are woven together in a rich, engaging narrative about the founding of a world-premier research institution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

The Characters

Chronology

Prologue: The Greatest Generation

1. Before and after Ann Arbor

2. Doctor Polio Meets Doctor Atomic

3. Enter Leo Szilard

4. Atoms in Biology

5. What Was It about La Jolla?

6. The Pasteur Connection

7. The Spirit of Paris

8. Our Dear Kahn Building

9. Pioneering

10. The McCloy Boys

11. Biology in Human Affairs

12. A Napoleon from Byzantium

Epilogue: Fifty Years Later

Notes

Abbreviations

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520956599

0520956591

OCLC:

857066315