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The strands of a life : the science of DNA and the art of education
- Title
- The strands of a life : the science of DNA and the art of education / Robert L. Sinsheimer.
- Author
- Sinsheimer, Robert.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1994.
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- Description
- xix, 318 p. : ill.; 24 cm
- Summary
- Sinsheimer chronicles his life, including research in molecular biology and his leadership roles at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
- Alternative Title
- Science of DNA and the art of education
- DNA and the art of education
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
- Contents
- 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
- Call Number
- JSE 13-381
- ISBN
- 0520082486 (alk. paper)
- 9780520082489 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93013122
- OCLC
- 27937182
- Author
- Sinsheimer, Robert.
- Title
- The strands of a life : the science of DNA and the art of education / Robert L. Sinsheimer.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1994.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
- Additional Formats
- A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
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- Research Call Number
- JSE 13-381