Radium and the secret of life / Luis A. Campos.

By:

Campos, Luis A [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chicago : London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226238302
022623830X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Radium and the secret of lifeDDC classification:

572.8/38 23

LOC classification:

QD181.R1 C36 2015eb

NLM classification:

2016 B-516
WN 11.1

Other classification:

35.01
UN 1900

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Contents:

The birth of living radium -- Radium and the origin of life -- Radium and the mutation theory -- Radium genetics -- The gene irradiated -- Transmutations and disintegrations.

Summary: This volume traces the half-life of the transmuting connection between radium and life to recover the forgotten story of the remarkably provocative and productive connections between radioactivity and the life sciences long before the dawn of molecular biology made such connections seem commonplace.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The birth of living radium -- Radium and the origin of life -- Radium and the mutation theory -- Radium genetics -- The gene irradiated -- Transmutations and disintegrations.

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This volume traces the half-life of the transmuting connection between radium and life to recover the forgotten story of the remarkably provocative and productive connections between radioactivity and the life sciences long before the dawn of molecular biology made such connections seem commonplace.

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