{"product_id":"designs-for-life-molecular-biology-after-world-war-ii-paperback-9780521207744","title":"Designs for Life; Molecular Biology after World War II (Paperback) 9780521207744","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDesigns for Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMolecular Biology after World War II\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn important study on the making of molecular biology and its cultural contexts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSoraya de Chadarevian (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521207744, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 July 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… Designs for Life is a very useful addition to the history of molecular biology.' Ambix\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMolecular biology has come to dominate our perceptions of life, health and disease. In the decades following World War II, the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge was a world-renowned centre of this emerging discipline. It was here that Crick and Watson, Kendrew and Perutz, Sanger and Brenner pursued their celebrated investigations. Soraya de Chadarevian's important study was the first to examine the creation and expansion of molecular biology through the prism of this remarkable institution. Firmly placing the history of the laboratory in its broader institutional and scientific context, she shows how molecular biology was built at the lab bench and through the wide circulation of tools, models and researchers, as well as in governmental committees, international exhibitions and television studios. Designs for Life is a major contribution both to the history of molecular biology, and to the history of science and technology in post-war Britain.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Postwar Reconstruction and Biophysics: 1. World War II and the mobilisation of British scientists\u003cbr\u003e 2. Reconstructing life\u003cbr\u003e 3. Proteins, crystals and computers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Televisual language\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Building Molecular Biology: 5. Locating the double helix\u003cbr\u003e 6. Disciplinary moves\u003cbr\u003e 7. The origins of molecular biology revisited\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Bench Work and Politics: 8. Laboratory cultures\u003cbr\u003e 9. On the governmental agenda\u003cbr\u003e 10. The end of an era\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006941810968,"sku":"9780521207744","price":41.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521207744i_e317be5e-996a-4621-a8f7-06a10e88ff51.jpg?v=1691373968","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/designs-for-life-molecular-biology-after-world-war-ii-paperback-9780521207744","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}