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The Logic of Life
Francois Jacob
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Description for The Logic of Life
paperback. Looks at the way our understanding of biology has changed since the sixteenth century. This title describes four fundamental turning points in the perception of the structure of living things: the discoveries of the functions of organs, cells, chromosomes and genes, and DNA. Translator(s): Spillmann, Betty E. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
In The Logic of Life Francois Jacob looks at the way our understanding of biology has changed since the sixteenth century. He describes four fundamental turning points in the perception of the structure of living things: the discoveries of the functions of organs, cells, chromosomes and genes, and DNA.
In The Logic of Life Francois Jacob looks at the way our understanding of biology has changed since the sixteenth century. He describes four fundamental turning points in the perception of the structure of living things: the discoveries of the functions of organs, cells, chromosomes and genes, and DNA.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Princeton Science Library
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691000428
SKU
KSG0034643
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Ref
99-1
About Francois Jacob
François Jacob (1920–2013) was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1965 and was one of the world’s leading molecular biologists.
Reviews for The Logic of Life
"Brilliant... One thing the book reveals to the general reader is the interconnection of the development of biological ideas with the development of the rest of science and technology."
Jeremy Bernstein, The New Yorker "[A] lucid account of man's changing ideas about heredity. [It] seizes and stimulates the imagination."
Arnold W. Ravin, Science "Francois Jacob, who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 ... Read more
Jeremy Bernstein, The New Yorker "[A] lucid account of man's changing ideas about heredity. [It] seizes and stimulates the imagination."
Arnold W. Ravin, Science "Francois Jacob, who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 ... Read more