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Combining science and biography into a seamless chronological narrative, the author of Vital Forces brings to life the successes and failures, collaborations and feuds, and errors and insights that produced the revolution in biology. 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.
- Vividly describes dramatic scientific discoveries, personalities, feuds and rivalries
- Answers a general readers quest to understand the nature of life, and the relevance of biochemistry/molecular biology to modern medicine, industry and agriculture
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Vital Forces tells the history of the 'biochemical revolution', a 200-year quest to unravel the chemical secrets of the living cell. A period of unprecedentedly rapid advance in human knowledge the biochemical revolution profoundly affected our view of the nature of life, and laid the foundations of 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 describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the life 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, the collaborations and feuds, the failed theories and brilliant insights that produced the molecular revolution in biology.
About the Author
Graeme Hunter studied biochemistry at the University of Glasgow, graduating with the degree of Ph.D. in 1980. He carried out post-doctoral research at Stanford University and the University of Toronto. In 1988, Dr. Hunter became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Alberta. Since 1991, he has held the position of Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario.Dr. Hunter's current research interests are in the areas of biomineralizatin and the history and philosophy of biology.
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- PublisherAcademic Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0123618118
- ISBN 13 9780123618115
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages364
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