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Genes, Girls and Gamow

Watson, James D.
Heftet / 2003 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198606932
Publisert
2003
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Watson, James D.

Biographical note

In 1953, while working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA. For their discovery they, with Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Watson was appointed to the faculty at Harvard University in 1956. In 1968, while retaining his position at Harvard, he became director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). In 1988 he was appointed as associate director of the National Institute of Health (NIH) to help launch the Human Genome Program. A year later he became the first director of the National Center for Human Genome Research at the NIH, a position he held until 1992. In 1994 Watson became president of CSHL, the position he holds today.

Genes, Girls and Gamow

Watson, James D.
Heftet / 2003 / Engelsk
Watson, James D.
Heftet / 2003 / Engelsk
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In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA and Watson's personal account of the discovery, The Double Helix, was published in 1968. Genes, Girls and Gamow is also autobiographical, covering the period from when The Double Helix ends, in 1953, to a few years later, and ending with a Postscript bringing the story up to date. Here is Watson adjusting to new-found fame, carrying out tantalizing experiments on the role of RNA in biology, and falling in love. The book is enlivened with copies of handwritten letters from the larger than life character George Gamow, who had made significant contributions to physics but became intrigued by genes, RNA and the elusive genetic code. This is a tale of heartbreak, scientific excitement and ambition, laced with travelogue and '50s atmosphere.
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An autobiographical account of Jim Watson's life, following on from "The Double Helix", the story of his and Francis Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA (published in 1968). Here is Watson adjusting to new-found fame, carrying out tantalizing experiments and falling in love.
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Foreword ; List of Illustrations ; Cast of Characters ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue ; 1. Cambridge (England): April 1953 ; 2. Cambridge (England): April-May 1953 ; 3. Cold Spring Harbor: June 1953 ; 4. Cambridge (England): July-August 1953 ; 5. New Haven, Northern Indiana, and Pasadena: September 1953 ; 6. Pasadena, Northern Indiana, and the East Coast: October 1953-January 1954 ; 7. Bethesda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pasadena: January-February 1954 ; 8. Pasadena: February 1954 ; 9. Pasadena, Berkely, Urbana, Gatlinburg, and the East Coast: March-April 1954 ; 10. Pasadena: May 1954 ; 11. Woods Hole: June 1954 ; 12. Woods Hole: July 1954 ; 13. Woods Hole: August 1954 ; 14. Woods Hole, New Hampshire, and Cambridge (Mass.): August 1954 ; 15. Northern Indiana and Pasadena: September 1954 ; 16. Pasadena: October 1954 ; 17. Pasadena and Berkeley: November-December 1954 ; 18. Northern Indiana, Cambridge (Mass.), and Washington D.C.: December 1954-January 1955 ; 19. Pasadena and Berkeley: February-March 1955 ; 20. The East Coast, Pasadena, and Woods Hole: March-June 1955 ; 21. Cambridge (England): July 1955 ; 22. The Continent: August 1955 ; 23. Cambridge (England), and Scotland: September 1955 ; 24. Cambridge (England): October 1955 ; 25. Tubingen, Munich, and Cambridge (England): November-December 1955 ; 26. English Lake District and Scotland: December 1955-January 1956 ; 27. Cambridge (England): January-February 1956 ; 28. Cambridge (England): February 1956 ; 29. Cambridge (England), Israel, and Egypt: March-April 1956 ; 30. Cambridge (England): May-June 1956 ; 31. Baltimore, Cold Spring Harbor, and Cambridge (Mass.): June-September 1956 ; Epilogue: October 1956-March 1968
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Review from previous edition This classy memoir reads like a Who's Who of 20th-century science [ . . . ] Reading Watson is a delight, an opportunity to breathe the rarefied air of his generation's greatest scientists and to crash a faculty cocktail party or two along the way. * Publisher's Weekly *A priceless glimpse into the intellectual circle that nurtured [Watson's] revolutionary paradigm. * The New York Times Book Review *Endorsement for A Passion for DNA by the same author: Jim Watson has elevated his unique combination of justified arrogance, scurrilous candour and disconcertingly mature wisdom into an art form. As one of the half dozen twentieth century scientists whose name will live into the fourth millennium he gets away with it, and the result is both edifying and hugely entertaining. * Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene *Watson [ . . . ] is a good writer, with a fine sense of place and narrative * Brenda Maddox, The Literary Review *An essential coda to The Double Helix. * The Boston Globe *
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In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA and Watson's personal account of the discovery, The Double Helix, was published in 1968. Genes, Girls and Gamow is also autobiographical, covering the period from when The Double Helix ends, in 1953, to a few years later, and ending with a Postscript bringing the story up to date. Here is Watson adjusting to new-found fame, carrying out tantalizing experiments on the role of RNA in biology, and falling in love. The book is enlivened with copies of handwritten letters from the larger than life character George Gamow, who had made significant contributions to physics but became intrigued by genes, RNA and the elusive genetic code. This is a tale of heartbreak, scientific excitement and ambition, laced with travelogue and '50s atmosphere.
Les mer
An autobiographical account of Jim Watson's life, following on from "The Double Helix", the story of his and Francis Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA (published in 1968). Here is Watson adjusting to new-found fame, carrying out tantalizing experiments and falling in love.
Les mer
Foreword ; List of Illustrations ; Cast of Characters ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue ; 1. Cambridge (England): April 1953 ; 2. Cambridge (England): April-May 1953 ; 3. Cold Spring Harbor: June 1953 ; 4. Cambridge (England): July-August 1953 ; 5. New Haven, Northern Indiana, and Pasadena: September 1953 ; 6. Pasadena, Northern Indiana, and the East Coast: October 1953-January 1954 ; 7. Bethesda, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pasadena: January-February 1954 ; 8. Pasadena: February 1954 ; 9. Pasadena, Berkely, Urbana, Gatlinburg, and the East Coast: March-April 1954 ; 10. Pasadena: May 1954 ; 11. Woods Hole: June 1954 ; 12. Woods Hole: July 1954 ; 13. Woods Hole: August 1954 ; 14. Woods Hole, New Hampshire, and Cambridge (Mass.): August 1954 ; 15. Northern Indiana and Pasadena: September 1954 ; 16. Pasadena: October 1954 ; 17. Pasadena and Berkeley: November-December 1954 ; 18. Northern Indiana, Cambridge (Mass.), and Washington D.C.: December 1954-January 1955 ; 19. Pasadena and Berkeley: February-March 1955 ; 20. The East Coast, Pasadena, and Woods Hole: March-June 1955 ; 21. Cambridge (England): July 1955 ; 22. The Continent: August 1955 ; 23. Cambridge (England), and Scotland: September 1955 ; 24. Cambridge (England): October 1955 ; 25. Tubingen, Munich, and Cambridge (England): November-December 1955 ; 26. English Lake District and Scotland: December 1955-January 1956 ; 27. Cambridge (England): January-February 1956 ; 28. Cambridge (England): February 1956 ; 29. Cambridge (England), Israel, and Egypt: March-April 1956 ; 30. Cambridge (England): May-June 1956 ; 31. Baltimore, Cold Spring Harbor, and Cambridge (Mass.): June-September 1956 ; Epilogue: October 1956-March 1968
Les mer
Review from previous edition This classy memoir reads like a Who's Who of 20th-century science [ . . . ] Reading Watson is a delight, an opportunity to breathe the rarefied air of his generation's greatest scientists and to crash a faculty cocktail party or two along the way. * Publisher's Weekly *A priceless glimpse into the intellectual circle that nurtured [Watson's] revolutionary paradigm. * The New York Times Book Review *Endorsement for A Passion for DNA by the same author: Jim Watson has elevated his unique combination of justified arrogance, scurrilous candour and disconcertingly mature wisdom into an art form. As one of the half dozen twentieth century scientists whose name will live into the fourth millennium he gets away with it, and the result is both edifying and hugely entertaining. * Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene *Watson [ . . . ] is a good writer, with a fine sense of place and narrative * Brenda Maddox, The Literary Review *An essential coda to The Double Helix. * The Boston Globe *
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198606932
Publisert
2003
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
327 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Watson, James D.

Biographical note

In 1953, while working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA. For their discovery they, with Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Watson was appointed to the faculty at Harvard University in 1956. In 1968, while retaining his position at Harvard, he became director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). In 1988 he was appointed as associate director of the National Institute of Health (NIH) to help launch the Human Genome Program. A year later he became the first director of the National Center for Human Genome Research at the NIH, a position he held until 1992. In 1994 Watson became president of CSHL, the position he holds today.

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