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Vital harmonies : molecular biology and our shared humanity
- Title
- Vital harmonies : molecular biology and our shared humanity / Erwin Fleissner.
- Author
- Fleissner, Erwin.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004.
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- Description
- xiii, 166 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "The year 2003 marked the fiftieth anniversary of James Watson's and Francis Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA. Erwin Fleissner, an eminent cancer researcher and teacher, offers a personal and professional reflection on the most significant developments in molecular genetics and cell biology over the past fifty years. Vital Harmonies is a look at these crucial scientific advances and an insider' perspective on what scientists have actually learned from them."--Jacket.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Molecular Biology from the Viewpoint of a Practitioner -- The Genetic Point of View -- The Logic of the Cell -- From Cell to Organism -- Abnormal Cell Growth in Cancer -- Human Genomes and Human Beings -- On Consciousness -- Molecular Biology and the Limits of Molecular Explanation.
- ISBN
- 0231131127
- 9780231131124
- LCCN
- 2004041313
- OCLC
- ocm54007128
- 54007128
- SCSB-1337892
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library