THE LOGIC OF LIFE. A History of Heredity. Translated by Betty E. Spillmann.

Jacob, François.

ISBN 10: 0394472462 / ISBN 13: 9780394472461

Published by Pantheon Books, New York NY 1973., 1973

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1st U.S. edition. 8vo. viii + [349pp.] Original cloth. Pictorial grey d/w. lettered in red, white, and black, slightly rubbed. ISBN 0394472462 US$7.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LOGIC OF LIFE. A History of Heredity. Translated by Betty E. Spillmann.
• Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York NY 1973.
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394472462
• ISBN 13: 9780394472461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • SCIENCE & NATURAL HISTORY

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Synopsis

In The Logic of Life Jacob looks at the way our understanding of biology has changed since the 16th century. He describes four fundamental turning points in the perception of the structure of living things: the discoveries of the functions of organs, cells, chromosomes, genes & DNA. Introduction The Visible structure Organization Time The gene The molecule Conclusion Notes Index

Review

İOne of¨ the most important discussions yet published of the recent advances in molecular biology. . . .

İA¨ lucid account of man's changing ideas about heredity. İIt¨ seizes and stimulates the imagination. -- Arnold W. Ravin "Science"

Franç ois Jacob, who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work on genetics, has written an unusual and illuminating history of his discipline. It is not so much a history of science as a history of the ideas of science.

Fran?ois Jacob, who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work on genetics, has written an unusual and illuminating history of his discipline. It is not so much a history of science as a history of the ideas of science.

Franois Jacob, who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work on genetics, has written an unusual and illuminating history of his discipline. It is not so much a history of science as a history of the ideas of science. -- Edward Edelson, Washington Post Book World
[One of] the most important discussions yet published of the recent advances in molecular biology. . . . -- The Times Literary Supplement
[One of] the most important discussions yet published of the recent advances in molecular biology. . . . -- "The Times Literary Supplement

Brilliant. . . . One thing the book reveals to the general reader is the interconnection of the development of biological ideas with the development of the rest of science and technology.--Jeremy Bernstein "The New Yorker "

[A] lucid account of man's changing ideas about heredity. [It] seizes and stimulates the imagination.--Arnold W. Ravin "Science "

Fran ois Jacob, who won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his work on genetics, has written an unusual and illuminating history of his discipline. It is not so much a history of science as a history of the ideas of science.--Edward Edelson "Washington Post Book World "