In Search of the Double Helix: Quantum Physics and Life - Hardcover

Gribbin, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070247404 ISBN 13: 9780070247406

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1985

Synopsis

A complete description of the search for an understanding of heredity follows the growth of the science from Darwin and Watson through to today's advanced DNA and genetic engineering

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About the Author:

Dr John Gribbin trained as an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge before becoming a full-time science writer. He has worked for the science journal Nature, and the magazine New Scientist and has contributed articles on science topics to The Times, the Guardian and the Independent, and has made several acclaimed science series for BBC Radio 4. John Gribbin has received awards for his writing in both Britain and the United States and is currently a visiting Fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His many books include In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat, Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science (with Michael White) and In Search of SUSY. John Gribbin is also the author of several science fiction works including Innervisions. He is married with two sons and lives in East Sussex. More books from John Gribbin are available at: http://ReAnimus.com/authors/johngribbin

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0070247404
• ISBN 13: 9780070247406
• Binding: Hardcover