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Discovering Life, Manufacturing Life, 2010
How the experimental method shaped life sciences
Authors: Vignais Pierre V., Vignais Paulette M.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Discovering Life, Manufacturing Life:
Keywords
MB09; Renaissance; biochemistry; chemical biology and biotechnology explained; birth and rise of molecular biology; ethics; ethics of contemporary biology; experimentation on higher or; experimentation on higher organisms; history of life sciences; milestone experiments in biology; physical and chemical analytical technics; scientific philosophy; understanding life
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Add to cart the book of Vignais Pierre V., Vignais Paulette M.Publication date: 11-2014
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Add to cart the book of Vignais Pierre V., Vignais Paulette M.Publication date: 07-2010
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Pierre VIGNAIS, was a science doctor, doctor of medicine, was treasurer of the Fondation Roux at the Pasteur Institute of Paris. Professor emeritus of Biochemistry of the medical college of the University Joseph Fourier and director of a URA-CNRS at the ECA. He died in September 2006 at the age of 80.
The authors combine a classic humanistic intellectual approach with a deep understanding of the fundamental questions in life sciences
A fascinating account of how the tools of biologists developed through time, to the point of allowing the manipulation of genes and developmental functions
Explains in clear and simple terms the milestone discoveries and inventions in life sciences, from Greek philosophy to the latest achievements of the 21st century
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras