Unravelling the double helix: (Record no. 297329)
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fixed length control field | 01616nam a22001457a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781474609364 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 572.8609 |
Item number | WIL-U |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Williams, Gareth |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Unravelling the double helix: |
Remainder of title | The lost heroes of DNA |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Weidenfeld & Nicolson, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xxx, 494 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | "Unravelling the Double Helix covers the most colourful period in the history of DNA, from the discovery of 'nuclein' in the late 1860s to the landmark publication of James Watson's The Double Helix in 1968. These hundred years included the advent of the Nobel Prize, antibiotics, X-ray crystallography and the atom bomb as well as two devastating world wars - events which are strung along the narrative thread of DNA like beads on a necklace. The story of DNA is a saga packed with awful mistakes as well as brilliant science, with a wonderful cast of heroes and villains. Surprisingly, much of it is unfamiliar. The elucidation of the double helix was one of the most brilliant gems of twentieth-century science, but some of the scientists who played crucial roles have been airbrushed out of history. Others were plunged into darkness when the spotlight fell on James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. Watson and Crick solved a magnificent mystery, but Gareth Williams shows that their contribution was to click into place the last few pieces of a gigantic jigsaw puzzle assembled over several decades"--Publisher's website. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Genetics -- Research -- History. |
-- | Biology -- History. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/06/2020 | 572.8609 WIL-U | DCB3769 | 01/06/2020 | 01/06/2020 | Book |