The strands of a life : the science of DNA and the art of education / / Robert L. Sinsheimer

• Autore: Sinsheimer Robert
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California, c1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 318 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 574.8/8/092
• Soggetto topico: Molecular biologists - United States; College administrators - United States; Biology; Health & Biological Sciences; Biology - General
• Soggetto genere / forma: Biography
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sinsheimer chronicles his life, including research in molecular biology and his leadership roles at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
• Titolo autorizzato: The strands of a life
• ISBN: 0-585-18437-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495881703321
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