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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew CobbPublisher: Basic Books Imprint: Basic Books Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9780465062676ISBN 10: 0465062679 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 07 July 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Genes before DNA 2. Information is everywhere 3. The transformation of genes 4. A slow revolution 5. The age of control 6. The double helix 7. Genetic information 8. The central dogma 9. Enzyme cybernetics 10. Enter the outsiders 11. The race Update 12. Surprises and sequences 13. The central dogma revisited 14. Brave new world 15. Origins and meanings ConclusionReviewsADVANCE PRAISE FOR LIFE'S GREATEST SECRET Life's Greatest Secret is the logical sequel to Jim Watson's The Double Helix. While Watson and Crick deserve their plaudits for discovering the structure of DNA, that was only part of the story. Beginning to understand how that helix works--how its DNA code is turned into bodies and behaviors--took another 15 years of amazing work by an army of dedicated men and women. These are the unknown heroes of modern genetics, and their tale is the subject of Cobb's fascinating book. Every now and again I had to stop reading because the amazement overload was too great. --Jerry Coyne, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, and author of Why Evolution Is True Most people think the race to sequence the human genome culminated at the 2000 White House Mission Accomplished announcement. In Matthew Cobb's Life's Greatest Secret, we learn that it was just one chapter of a far more interesting and continuing story. --Eric Topol, Professor of Genomics and Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute and author of The Patient Will See You Now Author InformationMatthew Cobb is a professor of zoology at the University of Manchester, where he works on insects and on the history of science. He earned his BA in Psychology at the University of Sheffield, as well as his PhD there, in Psychology and Genetics. He is the translator of Michel Morange's History of Molecular Biology and the author of Generation (known as The Egg and Sperm Race, in the UK). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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