The Eighth Day of Creation: The Makers of the Revolution in Biology(Commemorative Edition)

Judson, Horace Freeland

ISBN 10: 0879694785 / ISBN 13: 9780879694784

Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (edition Expanded ed.), 1996

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It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Eighth Day of Creation: The Makers of the Revolution in Biology(Commemorative Edition)
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (edition Expanded ed.)
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879694785
• ISBN 13: 9780879694784
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Expanded ed.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In this classic book, the distinguished science writer Horace Freeland Judson tells the story of the birth and early development of molecular biology in the US, the UK, and France. The fascinating story of the golden period from the revelation of the double helix of DNA to the cracking of the genetic code and first glimpses of gene regulation is told largely in the words of the main players, all of whom Judson interviewed extensively. The result is a book widely regarded as the best history of recent biological science yet published.

This commemorative edition, honoring the memory of the author who died in 2011, contains essays by his daughter Olivia Judson, Matthew Meselson, and Mark Ptashne and an obituary by Jason Pontin. It contains all the content added to previous editions, including essays on some of the principal historical figures involved, such as Rosalind Franklin, and a sketch of the further development of molecular biology in the era of recombinant DNA.

About the Author

Horace Freeland Judson is the former director of the Center for History of Recent Science, which he founded at George Washington University. He has been a MacArthur fellow and has written for many publications including The New Yorker, Harper's Nature, JAMA, The New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, The Lancet, and Gene; and he was a longtime correspondent for Time. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.