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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819630903321

Autore

Kay Lily E

Titolo

The molecular vision of life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology / / Lily E. Kay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

0-19-028161-8

0-19-770165-5

1-280-53332-3

9786610533329

0-19-536331-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology

Disciplina

574.8/8/09

Soggetti

Molecular biology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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