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Sinsheimer Robert |
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Titolo |
The strands of a life : the science of DNA and the art of education / / Robert L. Sinsheimer |
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Berkeley, : University of California, c1994 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 318 pages) : illustrations |
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Molecular biologists - United States |
College administrators - United States |
Biology |
Health & Biological Sciences |
Biology - General |
Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Boyhood and Youth -- The Molding -- Transition 1 -- MIT -- The Shaping -- World War ll -- The Radiation Laboratory -- Transition 2 -- Graduate School -- Iowa State -- The Young Professor -- Iowa State -- Research and Discovery -- Max Delbruck -- A Caltech Interlude -- A Sidelight on Watson and Crick -- Iowa State -- At Full Speed -- Transition 3 -- OX -- The Caltech Years -- The Fulfillment -- Of Honors, Awards, and Prizes -- Transition 4 -- Science and Society -- Toward Wider Horizons -- The Caltech Years -- The Chairman -- Transition 5 -- The prologue -- The Education of a Chancellor -- The Club of Nine -- Two Presidents -- The Regents -- The Faculty -- The Students -- The Community -- "What Does the Chancellor Do?" -- The Telescope and the Genome -- Transition 6 -- Return to Science -- "We Happy Few" -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sinsheimer chronicles his life, including research in molecular biology and his leadership roles at the University of California at Santa Cruz. |
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