The molecular vision of life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology / Lily E. Kay.

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Kay, Lily E

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TextSeries: Monographs on the history and philosophy of biologyPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780195363319
0195363310
1280533323
9781280533327
9786610533329
6610533326

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Molecular vision of life.DDC classification:

574.8/8/09 22

LOC classification:

QH506 .K39 1993eb

NLM classification:

QH 506

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Contents:

Introduction; 1. "Social Control": Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933; 2. Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech; 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era; Interlude I. Protein Paradigm; 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics During Morgan Era; 5. Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry, 1930-1940; 6. Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945; 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech.

Summary: 1. "Social Control:" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933. 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech. 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era. Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm. 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era. 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry. 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945. 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech. 8. The Mol.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. "Social Control:" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933. 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech. 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era. Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm. 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era. 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry. 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945. 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech. 8. The Mol.