Genesis of the Salk Institute [[electronic resource] ] : the epic of its founders / / Suzanne Bourgeois

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807290503321
• Autore: Bourgeois Suzanne <1931->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-520-95659-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 570.72
• Soggetti: Biology - Research - California - San Diego; Research institutes - California - San Diego
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.