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Author Kay, Lily E.

Title The molecular vision of life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology / Lily E. Kay
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations
Series Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology
Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.
Contents Introduction; 1. "Social Control": Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933; 2. Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech; 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era; Interlude I. Protein Paradigm; 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics During Morgan Era; 5. Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry, 1930-1940; 6. Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945; 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech
Summary 1. "Social Control:" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933. 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech. 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era. Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm. 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era. 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry. 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945. 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech. 8. The Mol
Analysis Molecular biology History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject California Institute of Technology -- Research -- History
Rockefeller Foundation -- Research -- History
SUBJECT California Institute of Technology fast
Rockefeller Foundation fast
Subject Molecular biology -- History
Molecular Biology -- history
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Molecular Biology.
Molecular biology
Research
Moleculaire biologie.
Biologia molecular e macromolecular.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780195363319
0195363310
1280533323
9781280533327
9786610533329
6610533326