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Ahead of the curve : David Baltimore's life in science /

Shane Crotty's biography of David Baltimore details the life and work of one of the most brilliant, powerful, and controversial scientists of our time. Although only in his early sixties, Baltimore has made major discoveries in molecular biology, established the prestigious Whitehead Institute...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crotty, Shane, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
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505 0 |a Prologue; Chapter One: Great Neck, Long Island; Chapter Two: Swarthmore; Chapter Three: Apprenticeships; Chapter Four: Salk Institute; Chapter Five: MIT; Chapter Six: Recombinant DNA; Chapter Seven: Nobel Gold; Poliovirus: An Interlude; Chapter Eight: Whitehead Institute; Chapter Nine: Rockefeller; Chapter Ten: Homecoming; Chapter Eleven: Caltech; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index. 
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