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The Eighth Day of Creation is a richly detailed account of how molecular biologists came to understand the fundamental processes of life - in short, how they explained heredity. It is one of the century's most celebrated works of science writing. On its first appearance, in 1979, it received rapturous praise from scientists and the general public for the accuracy, clarity, and vivacity with which it portrays the principal figures and their remarkable discoveries.
The author, Horace Freeland Judson, had been a correspondent for Time in London and Paris before turning freelance; he combined the instincts of a journalist with the measured perspective of an historian, conducting revealing interviews with upwards of a hundred and twenty investigators, going back to the leaders again and again. Many of these individuals are now among the most revered in science; in the 1950s and 1960s they made a revolution in biology. He captures the human as well as the scientific elements in a drama played out for more than two decades in laboratories in Cambridge, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, in London and Paris, at Caltech and Cold Spring Harbor.
Few books have had such a compelling tale to tell, and its influence on science writing and science history has been profound. To this expanded edition, Judson has made minor corrections and two substantial additions.
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The eighth day of creation: makers of the revolution in biology
1996, CSHL Press
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The eighth day of creation: makers of the revolution in biology
1995, Penguin, Penguin Books
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The eighth day of creation: makers of the revolution in biology
1980, Simon and Schuster
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The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
1979, Simon and Schuster
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The eighth day of creation
1969, Simon and Schuster
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 639-693) and index.
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In this classic book, the distinguished science writer Horace Freeland Judson tells the story of the birth and early development of molecular biology in the US, the UK, and France. The fascinating story of the golden period from the revelation of the double helix of DNA to the cracking of the genetic code and first glimpses of gene regulation is told largely in the words of the main players, all of whom Judson interviewed extensively. The result is a book widely regarded as the best history of recent biological science yet published.
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