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



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Autore: Kay Lily E Visualizza persona
Titolo: The molecular vision of life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology / / Lily E. Kay Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina: 574.8/8/09
Soggetto topico: Molecular biology - History
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
Titolo autorizzato: The molecular vision of life  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-028161-8
0-19-770165-5
1-280-53332-3
9786610533329
0-19-536331-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819630903321
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Serie: Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.