Genomes: (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series 46)

By Hillary E. Sussman and Maria A. Smit

Book Overview

George Beadle was a towering scientific figure whose work from the 1930s to 1960 marked the transition from classical genetics to the molecular era. Among other distinctions, he made the pivotal, Nobel Prize Swinning discovery with Edward Tatum that the role of genes is to specify proteins. From 1946 to 1960 he led the Caltech Biology Division, rebuilding it to a powerhouse in molecular biology, and afterwards became a successful President of the University of Chicago. This is the first biography of a giant of genetics, written by two of the field's most distinguished contributors, Paul Berg and Maxine Singer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879698071
• ISBN13: 9780879698072
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Length: 475 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"