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Vital forces : the discovery of the molecular basis of life / Graeme K. Hunter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunter, Graeme K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life--Origin--Research--History.
- Life.
- Vital force--Research--History.
- Vital force.
- Biochemistry--History.
- Biochemistry.
- Molecular biology--History.
- Molecular biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Other Title:
- Discovery of the molecular basis of life
- Molecular basis of life
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Academic Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vital Forces tells the history of the 'biochemical revolution', a period of unprecedentedly rapid advance in human knowledge that profoundly affected our view of life and laid the foundation for modern medicine and biotechnology. 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.Vital Forces also describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the stories of the scientists involved, inclu
- Contents:
- Front Cover; VITAL FORCES: The Discovery of the Molecular Basis of Life; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Plates; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Revolution in Chemistry Has Come to Pass; Chapter 2. The Maze of Organic Chemistry; Chapter 3. A Singular Inward Laboratory; Chapter 4. The Catalytic Force; Chapter 5. Building Stones of Protoplasm; Chapter 6. The Chemical and Geometrical Phenomena of Heredity; Chapter 7. The Megachemistry of the Future; Chapter 8. The Giant Molecules of the Living Cell; Chapter 9. The Chemical Basis of Genetics; Chapter 10. The Hereditary Code-script
- Chapter 11. The Ubiquitous SpiralChapter 12. Our Thread of Ariadne; Chapter 13. Nature is Blind and Reads Braille; References; Selected Readings in the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Name Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-03304-9
- 9786611033040
- 0-08-054363-4
- OCLC:
- 476109448
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