The molecular vision of life : Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology

Summary: 1. "Social Control:" the Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933. 2. The Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech. 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era. Interlude 1 -- The Protein Paradigm. 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics in the Morgan Era. 5. A Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry. 6. The Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945. 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech. 8. The Mol.

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ISBN: 6610533326
ISBN: 9786610533329
ISBN: 9781280533327
ISBN: 1280533323
ISBN: 0195058127
ISBN: 9780195058123
ISBN: 0195363310
ISBN: 9780195363319
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction; 1. "Social Control": Rockefeller Foundation's Agenda in the Human Sciences, 1913-1933; 2. Technological Frontier: Southern California and the Emergence of Life Science at Caltech; 3. Visions and Realities: The Biology Division in the Morgan Era; Interlude I. Protein Paradigm; 4. From Flies to Molecules: Physiological Genetics During Morgan Era; 5. Convergence of Goals: From Physical Chemistry to Bio-Organic Chemistry, 1930-1940; 6. Spoils of War: Immunochemistry and Serological Genetics, 1940-1945; 7. Microorganisms and Macromanagement: Beadle's Return to Caltech.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.