Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of BehaviorThe story of Nobel Prize–winning discoveries regarding the molecular mechanisms controlling the body’s circadian rhythm. How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weiner brings us into Benzer's Fly Rooms at the California Institute of Technology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process of finding answers, often astonishing ones, to these questions. Part biography, part thrilling scientific detective story, Time, Love, Memory forcefully demonstrates how Benzer's studies are changing our world view--and even our lives. Jonathan Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Beak of the Finch, brings his brilliant reporting skills to the story of Seymour Benzer, the Brooklyn-born maverick scientist whose study of genetics and experiments with fruit fly genes has helped revolutionize or knowledge of the connections between DNA and behavior both animal and human. |
Contents
From So Simple a Beginning | 5 |
The WhiteEyed Fly | 17 |
What Is Life | 33 |
Copyright | |
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Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior Jonathan Weiner No preview available - 2000 |
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