Life's greatest secret : the race to crack the genetic code / Matthew Cobb.

Author/creator Cobb, Matthew author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Basic Books, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionxiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Genes before DNA -- Information is everywhere -- The transformation of genes -- A slow revolution -- The age of control -- The double helix -- Genetic information -- The central dogma -- Enzyme cybernetics -- Enter the outsides -- The race -- Update -- Surprises and sequences -- The central dogma revisited -- Brave new world -- Origins and meanings.
General note"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [323]-404) and index.
ISBN9780465062676 hardcover
ISBN0465062679 hardcover
ISBNe-book

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QH450.2 .C62 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold