{"product_id":"the-molecular-vision-of-life-by-lily-e-kay","title":"The Molecular Vision of Life by Lily E. Kay","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Molecular Vision of Life: Caltech, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rise of the New Biology\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThis is a REPRINT of an exceedingly difficult book to find. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; background: white;\"\u003ePlease allow two weeks for the book to be delivered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNote:\u003c\/span\u003e This book is a reproduction of the historical text for academic, historical, or collector purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e1993 edition printed in 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e6\" x 9\" \/ 304 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis fascinating study examines the rise of American molecular biology to disciplinary dominance, focusing on the period between 1930 and the elucidation of DNA structure in the mid 1950s. Research undertaken during this period, with its focus on genetic structure and function, endowed scientists with then unprecedented power over life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy viewing the new biology as both a scientific and cultural enterprise, Lily E. Kay shows that the growth of molecular biology was a result of systematic efforts by key scientists and their sponsors to direct the development of biological research toward a shared vision of science and society. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe analyzes the motivations and mechanisms empowering this vision by focusing on two key institutions: Caltech and its sponsor, the Rockefeller Foundation. Her study explores a number of vital, sometimes controversial topics, among them the role of private power centers in shaping scientific agenda, and the political dimensions of \"pure\" research. It also advances a sobering argument: the cognitive and social groundwork for genetic engineering and human genome projects was laid by the American architects of molecular biology during these early decades of the project. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book will be of interest to molecular biologists, historians, sociologists, and the general reader alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obscure Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45359345958998,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/1031\/1254\/files\/Frontcover_ChatGPT_c6398448-bfce-433f-b3eb-78d195ba3954.png?v=1783569499","url":"https:\/\/obscurebooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-molecular-vision-of-life-by-lily-e-kay","provider":"Obscure Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}