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The molecular vision of life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology / Lily E. Kay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kay, Lily E., author.
- Series:
- Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- California Institute of Technology--History.
- California Institute of Technology.
- Rockefeller Foundation--History.
- Rockefeller Foundation.
- Molecular biology--History.
- Molecular biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 1. ""Social Control:"" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933. 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech. 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era. Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm. 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era. 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry. 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945. 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech. 8. The Molecular E
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. ""Social Control"": Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933; 2. Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech; 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era; Interlude I. Protein Paradigm; 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics During Morgan Era; 5. Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry, 1930-1940; 6. Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945; 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech
- Interlude II. At a Crossroads: Shaping of Postwar Science8. Molecular Empire (1946-1953); Epilogue Paradigm Lost? From Nucleoproteins to DNA; Conclusion; Key to Archival Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028161-8
- 0-19-770165-5
- 1-280-53332-3
- 9786610533329
- 0-19-536331-0
- OCLC:
- 496306108
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