Why did it take more than a century of research before scientists properly understood what DNA was and what it did within the cell? "A Century of DNA" aims to answer this question, tracing the history of DNA research across interrelated subjects, including embryology, biophysics, organic chemistry, histology, physiological chemistry, and genetics. The chapters follow a chronological sequence in the development of ideas on DNA, and incorporate biographical material on researchers involved in these discoveries. Comprehensible to the general scientific reader and to the specialist, this book is a unique look at the foundations of molecular biology.
- ISBN10 0262160676
- ISBN13 9780262160674
- Publish Date 15 December 1977
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 September 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher MIT Press Ltd
- Imprint MIT Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 398
- Language English