George Beadle, an uncommon farmer : the emergence of genetics in the 20th century / Paul Berg, Maxine Singer.
| Author/creator | Berg, Paul |
| Other author | Singer, Maxine. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ©2003. |
| Description | ix, 383 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | An uncommon farmer -- Agricultural college at Lincoln -- Genetics at the quarter century -- The corn cooperation -- The fly group -- From corn to files -- Three-eyed flies -- Becoming a professor -- From flies to molds -- One gene-one protein -- Confronting the skeptics -- In Morgan's footsteps -- Postwar science and politics -- Genetics and the nuclear age -- Oxford and the Nobel prize -- Becoming a university president -- Restoring the university's eminence -- The corn wars. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-361) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003051635 |
| ISBN | 0879696885 : |