Vital Forces The Discovery of the Molecular Basis of Life

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Describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the stories of the scientists involved, including Pasteur, Mendel, Pauling, and Crick.

Contents

List of Plates. Preface. Acknowledgements. The Revolution in Chemistry Has Come to Pass. The Maze of Organic Chemistry. A Singular Inward Laboratory. The Catalytic Force. Building Stones of Protoplasm. The Chemical and Geometrical Phenomena of Heredity. The Megachemisry of the Future. The Giant Molecules of the Living Cell. The Chemical Basis of Genetics. The Heredity Code-script. The Ubiquitous Spiral. Our Thread of Ariadne. Nature is Blind and Reads Braille. References. Selected Readings in the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Biography

Graeme Hunter studied biochemistry at the University of Glasgow, graduating with the degree of Ph.D. in 1980. He carried out post-doctoral research at Stanford University and the University of Toronto. In 1988, Dr. Hunter became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Alberta. Since 1991, he has held the position of Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario.Dr. Hunter's current research interests are in the areas of biomineralizatin and the history and philosophy of biology.