03319nam 2200637Ia 450 991045254500332120200520144314.00-520-95659-110.1525/9780520956599(CKB)2550000001108400(EBL)1335334(SSID)ssj0000950135(PQKBManifestationID)11513223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950135(PQKBWorkID)11003816(PQKB)11501712(StDuBDS)EDZ0000229717(MiAaPQ)EBC1335334(DE-B1597)520457(OCoLC)857066315(OCoLC)855504632(DE-B1597)9780520956599(Au-PeEL)EBL1335334(CaPaEBR)ebr10742586(CaONFJC)MIL508750(OCoLC)855504632(OCoLC)857066315(EXLCZ)99255000000110840020130529d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGenesis of the Salk Institute[electronic resource] the epic of its founders /Suzanne BourgeoisBerkeley University of California Press20131 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27607-8 1-299-77499-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThis 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.BiologyResearchCaliforniaSan DiegoResearch institutesCaliforniaSan DiegoElectronic books.BiologyResearchResearch institutes570.72Bourgeois Suzanne1931-1049291MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452545003321Genesis of the Salk Institute2478172UNINA