Double Helix Double Joy

Author : Caroline Rasmussen,Alister Danks,Rasmussen Danks
Publisher : The Miegunyah Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Geneticists
ISBN : 9780522857993

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Double Helix, Double Joy by Caroline Rasmussen,Alister Danks,Rasmussen Danks Pdf

Professor David Danks explained in a public lecture revealingly titled, Double Helix, Double Joy, that 'Even from its infancy it was apparent that the double helix was going to change not only science, but also the community's image of science'. 'Double Joy' conveyed his sense that the developments cascading from Watson and Crick's initial DNA discovery would yield 'immense benefits' for people generally, and also for his own research ambitions. A double joy made concrete in the foundation of the Murdoch Institute for Research into Birth Defects where he could fully implement his vision of unfettered basic scientific research wedded to clinical practice and services to public health. Born into the long-established Melbourne family of hardware merchants, Danks chose a career path more aligned to that family's association with hospitals and health. Inspired to know 'why a disease had occurred' and 'how it could be anticipated and prevented', Danks trained with pioneers of human genetics in London and Baltimore from 1959. At that time, human genetics was scarcely known in Australia. Following his discovery of the cause of Menkes disease in 1972 and breakthroughs in PKU testing, he applied his entrepreneurial flair to the development of a brilliant multi-disciplinary research team focussed on the identification of genetic diseases affecting newborns and their treatment in the clinic. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch embraced his vision and helped launch the Murdoch Institute in 1986, based at the Royal Children's Hospital. A man of 'towering intellect', who did it 'because it was fun', Danks' legacy reaches beyond the Murdoch Institute to the establishment of clinical genetics services throughout Australia, the internationally acclaimed POSSUM database, and the next generation of researchers who continue to explore and expand his vision.

Author : James D. Watson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780684852799

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Double Helix by James D. Watson Pdf

Portions of this book were first published in The Atlantic monthly.

Author : Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0849939380

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Double Helix by Sigmund Brouwer Pdf

Slater Ellis and Paige Stephens try to stop rogue scientist Dr. Josef Van Klees from continuing his dangerous experiments in genetic engineering.

Author : Gareth Williams
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781474609388

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Unravelling the Double Helix by Gareth Williams Pdf

DNA. The double helix; the blueprint of life; and, during the early 1950s, a baffling enigma that could win a Nobel Prize. Everyone knows that James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix. In fact, they clicked into place the last piece of a huge jigsaw puzzle that other researchers had assembled over decades. Researchers like Maurice Wilkins (the 'Third Man of DNA') and Rosalind Franklin, famously demonised by Watson. Not forgetting the 'lost heroes' who fought to prove that DNA is the stuff of genes, only to be airbrushed out of history. In Unravelling the Double Helix, Professor Gareth Williams sets the record straight. He tells the story of DNA in the round, from its discovery in pus-soaked bandages in 1868 to the aftermath of Watson's best-seller The Double Helix a century later. You don't need to be a scientist to enjoy this book. It's a page-turner that unfolds like a detective story, with suspense, false leads and treachery, and a fabulous cast of noble heroes and back-stabbing villains. But beware: some of the science is dreadful, and the heroes and villains may not be the ones you expect.

Author : Fred Wolff
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781462813735

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Down at the Double Helix Shoe Store by Fred Wolff Pdf

From the Book Cover In Down at the Double Helix Shoe Store, Mr. Wolff takes us into the realm of his perceptions where we cannot help but glean insights on ourselves and our circumstances. His work is incisive, thought provoking, often humorous, and, on occasion, profanely blunt. The sum of these poems is a new voice that allows us to see our understanding of what comprises happiness from a welcome and empowering viewpoint. Mr. Wolffs debut effort is an illuminating no-holds-barred "must read." From the Xlibris Press Release Emotional illness is endemic in our modern times. More than ever, the technologies we have created for greater connectivity have, ironically, also resulted in increased feelings of isolation and loneliness. Combine this with ingrained unwholesome emotional behavior, which has been handed down through untold generations, and you begin to grasp the complexity of our common plight. Fred Wolff shares his journey towards emotional healing in a new collection of poems entitled Down at the Double Helix Shoe Store. Emotional healing can start by reorienting the focus of our perceptions, which in turn can enable us to transcend conventional awareness or consensus reality. Transcending our day-to-day awareness can reveal previously veiled viewpoints through which the process of emotional healing can begin. Happiness lies within; it is a function of our inner landscape. This inner landscape is ours to design and to create. When the creation of this landscape is done with an increased degree of awareness, a more satisfactory result can be achieved. Thus, each of us has the right to and the inherent potential for peace and happiness, for emotional well-being. Wolff, who through long and arduous struggle has come far in this arena, shares with us his quest through his art. He serves us poems rife with intellectual play. Through his perceptions he displays common subjects from an uncommon and illuminating point of view, and he does so with clarity. Each poem provides thought-provoking insights. Here is one unique poetry collection.

Author : James D. Watson,Tania A. Baker,Stephen P. Bell
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0321762436

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Molecular Biology of the Gene by James D. Watson,Tania A. Baker,Stephen P. Bell Pdf

Now completely up-to-date with the latest research advances, the Seventh Edition retains the distinctive character of earlier editions. Twenty-two concise chapters, co-authored by six highly distinguished biologists, provide current, authoritative coverage of an exciting, fast-changing discipline.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1848 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Book industries and trade
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024915592

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Publishers, Distributors, & Wholesalers of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Brand name products
ISBN : 0787609897

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Brands and Their Companies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015047978062

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Music in Print Master Title Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : emusicquest
Publisher : Musicdata, Incorporated
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011396244

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Music in Print Master Title Index, 1995 by emusicquest Pdf

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786722426

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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track by Richard P. Feynman Pdf

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber---Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track--collecting over forty years' worth of Feynman's letters--offers an unprecedented look at the writer and thinker whose scientific mind and lust for life made him a legend in his own time. Containing missives to and from such scientific luminaries as Victor Weisskopf, Stephen Wolfram, James Watson, and Edward Teller, as well as a remarkable selection of letters to and from fans, students, family, and people from around the world eager for Feynman's advice and counsel, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track not only illuminates the personal relationships that underwrote the key developments in modern science, but also forms the most intimate look at Feynman yet available. Feynman was a man many felt close to but few really knew, and this collection reveals the full wisdom and private passion of a personality that captivated everyone it touched. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track is an eloquent testimony to the virtue of approaching the world with an inquiring eye; it demonstrates the full extent of the Feynman legacy like never before. Edited and with additional commentary by his daughter Michelle, it's a must-read for Feynman fans everywhere, and for anyone seeking to better understand one of the towering figures--and defining personalities--of the twentieth century.

Author : Tim Wynne-Jones
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763654559

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Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones Pdf

Two street kids get tangled in a plot over their heads - and risk an unexpected connection - in this heart-pounding thriller by Tim Wynne-Jones. (Age 14 and up) Boy, did Blink get off on the wrong floor. All he wanted was to steal some breakfast for his empty belly, but instead he stumbled upon a fake kidnapping and a cell phone dropped by an "abducted" CEO, giving Blink a link to his perfect blonde daughter. Now Blink is on the run, but it’s OK as long as he’s smart enough to stay in the game and keep Captain Panic locked in his hold. Enter a girl named Caution. As in "Caution: Toxic." As in "Caution: Watch Your Step." She’s also on the run, from a skeezy drug-dealer boyfriend and from a nightmare in her past that won’t let her go. When she spies Blink at the train station, Caution can see he’s an easy mark. But there’s something about this naïve, skinny street punk, whom she only wanted to rob, that tugs at her heart, a heart she thought deserved not to feel. Charged with suspense and intrigue, this taut novel trails two deeply compelling characters as they forge a blackmail scheme that is foolhardy at best, disastrous at worst - along with a fated, tender partnership that will offer them each a rare chance for redemption.

Author : James D. Watson,Andrew Berry
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307521484

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DNA by James D. Watson,Andrew Berry Pdf

Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. Watson’s lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fanciful speculations of the ancients as to why “like begets like” before skipping ahead to 1866, when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first deduced the basic laws of inheritance. But genetics as we recognize it today—with its capacity, both thrilling and sobering, to manipulate the very essence of living things—came into being only with the rise of molecular investigations culminating in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Watson shared a Nobel prize in 1962. In the DNA molecule’s graceful curves was the key to a whole new science. Having shown that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human condition—from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies—and transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of big business as well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy world full of great minds and great egos, driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages. Facing a future of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist’s awe at nature’s marvels and a humanist’s profound sympathies, DNA is destined to become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1614 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Paperbacks
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211446468

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Paperbound Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015066121404

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

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