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Life's greatest secret

the race to crack the genetic code

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An edition of Life's greatest secret (2015)

Life's greatest secret

the race to crack the genetic code

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The story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
434

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Cover of: Life's Greatest Secret
Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code
2016, Profile Books Limited
in English
Cover of: Life's greatest secret
Life's greatest secret: the race to crack the genetic code
2015, Basic Books
in English

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Table of Contents

Genes before DNA
Information is everywhere
The transformation of genes
A slow revolution
The age of control
The double helix
Genetic information
The central dogma
Enzyme cybernetics
Enter the outsides
The race
Update
Surprises and sequences
The central dogma revisited
Brave new world
Origins and meanings.

Edition Notes

"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-404) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
572.8/633
Library of Congress
QH447 .C62 2015, QH447.C63 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
434

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27186812M
Internet Archive
lifesgreatestsec0000cobb
ISBN 10
0465062679
ISBN 13
9780465062676
LCCN
2015937254
OCLC/WorldCat
911940015

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