Vital Forces: The Discovery of the Molecular Basis of LifeVital Forces tells the history of the 'biochemical revolution', a period of unprecedentedly rapid advance in human knowledge that profoundly affected our view of life and laid the foundation for modern medicine and biotechnology. The story is told in a clear, engaging, and absorbing manner. This delightful work relates the fascinating and staggering advances in concepts and theories over the last 200 years and introduces the major figures of the times. Vital Forces also describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the stories of the scientists involved, including such towering figures as Louis Pasteur, Gregor Mendel, Linus Pauling, and Francis Crick. Combining science and biography into a seamless chronological narrative, the author brings to life the successes and failures, collaborations and feuds, and errors and insights that produced the revolution in biology.
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Contents
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Chapter 3 A Singular Inward Laboratory | 53 |
Chapter 4 The Catalytic Force | 75 |
Chapter 5 Building Stones of Protoplasm | 101 |
Chapter 6 The Chemical and Geometrical Phenomena of Heredity | 123 |
Chapter 7 The Megachemistry of the Future | 155 |
Chapter 8 The Giant Molecules of the Living Cell | 193 |
Chapter 10 The Hereditary Codescript | 245 |
Chapter 11 The Ubiquitous Spiral | 265 |
Chapter 12 Our Thread of Ariadne | 287 |
Chapter 13 Nature is Blind and Reads Braille | 315 |
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Selected Readings in the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 351 |
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Vital Forces: The Discovery of the Molecular Basis of Life Graeme K. Hunter No preview available - 2000 |