The Molecular Vision of Life by Kay, Lily E.;

Caltech, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology

Sorozatcím: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology;

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Kiadó OUP USA
Megjelenés dátuma 1997. január 9.

ISBN 9780195111439
Kötéstípus Puhakötés
Terjedelem320 oldal
Méret 153x232x19 mm
Súly 526 g
Nyelv angol

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A természettudományok általános kérdései, tudománytörténet, tudományfilozófia A matematika általános kérdései Molekuláris biológia Az orvostudomány általános kérdései A mérnöki tudományok általános kérdései

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Molecular biology had its origins in chemistry and physical biochemistry between 1930 and the elucidation of DNA in the mid 1950s. Lily Kay argues that molecular biology did not "evolve" in a random fashion but, rather, was an expression of systematic efforts by scientists and the foundations they relied upon for financial support to direct the development of biological research toward a shared vision of science and society.

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Molecular biology as a distinct scientific discipline had its origins in chemistry and physical biochemistry, gradually emerging in the period between 1930 and the elucidation of DNA in the mid 1950s. Today this field has risen to a dominant position, and with its focus on deciphering genetic structure, it has endowed scientists with unprecedented power over life. In this fascinating study, however, Lily Kay argues that molecular biology did not "evolve" in a random fashion but, rather, was the result of systematic efforts by key scientists and their supporting foundations to direct the development of biological research toward a preconceived vision of science and society. The author traces and analyses the conceptual roots of molecular biology and the social matrix in which it was developed, focusing on the role of leading researchers headquartered at Caltech, and on the Rockefeller Foundation's sponsorship of the new science. The study thus explores a number of vital, sometimes controversial topics, among them the role of private power centres in shaping the scientific agenda, the political aspects of "pure" research, and how genetic engineering was envisioned by some as a potential tool for social intervention. This book will be of special interest to all molecular biologists, as well as historians and sociologists of science. However the story told has broad significance, and it is written in an accessible, nontechnical manner, fully understandable to general readers.

the book has the great merit to give insight in the expectation of young American scientists and in what troubles their minds!

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Tartalomjegyzék:

"Social Control:" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933
The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech
Visions and Realitites: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era
Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm
From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era
A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry
The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945
Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech
The Molecular Empire

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