The Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology

Oxford University Press USA (1993)
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In this fascinating study, the author analyzes the conceptual roots of molecular biology and the social matrix in which it was developed.

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0195111435   9780195111439   0195058127
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