In a book infused with wisdom, wonder, and a healthy dose of wry skepticism, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Francois Jacob walks us through the surprising ways of science, particularly the science of biology, in this century. Of Flies, Mice, and Men is at once a work of history, a social study of the role of scientists in the modern world, and a cautionary tale of the bumbling and brilliance, imagination and luck, that attend scientific discovery.
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"Using his own storied career as a backdrop, Jacob reveals the ways of a scientist in unraveling the mysteries of life...He tells, for instance, how the minuscule fruit fly revealed the passing of genetic traits and how mice became a primary organism for research. Above all, he scrutinizes the role of the scientist in society, often recalling the legacy of the ancient Greeks." - Science News "Jacob's book is masterly in combining erudition, wit, and wisdom. It is marvelously clear in describing what we know about the fundamental questions of life and the laws that determine the growth of each species - and what we don't know." - M. F. Perutz, New York Review of Books"
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Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 127 mm
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978-0-674-00538-9 (9780674005389)
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Francois Jacob is Professor of Cellular Genetics, College de France, and a member of the French Academy. In 1965 he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work in genetics.
