1. On the History of Scientific Disciplines -- 2. The Institutional Settings -- 3. Philosophy, Chemistry, and Biology -- 4. From Ferments to Enzymes -- 5. The Nature and Function of Proteins -- 6. Chemical Energy of Biological Systems -- 7. Pathways of Biochemical Change -- 8. The Chemical Basis of Heredity -- 9. The Whole and Its Parts
Summary
In this book a distinguished scientist-historian offers a critical account of how biochemistry and molecular biology emerged as major scientific disciplines from the interplay of chemical and biological ideas and practice. Joseph S. Fruton traces the historical development of these disciplines from antiquity to the present time, examines their institutional settings, and discusses their impact on medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural practice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 560-743) and indexes
