{"product_id":"9781786342553","title":"The Story of Genetics, Development and Evolution: A Historical Dialogue","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique story offers an introductory conversation to genetics, embryology and evolution, taking us on a historical journey of biology through the ages. Using a series of dialogues between the Greek philosopher Democritus and his disciple Alkimus, we travel through time visiting eminent scientists throughout the centuries, from Lazzaro Spallanzani and Theodor Boveri to Francis Crick, Max Perutz and Christiane Nüsslein–Volhard. We find ourselves at the intersection of competing theories in biology and witness the progression from the debunking the theory of spontaneous generation to the mapping of the genome. Attention is given not only to the great successes in the field but also to the equally important and exciting failures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Hungarian, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Genetics, Development and Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e provides a historical background to the life sciences, with complex scientific concepts stripped down and explained carefully for academics and anyone interested in going back to the roots and philosophies of scientific progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from: Jékely G \u003ci\u003eMaster, are you awake? A fictitious dialogue on genetics, development and evolution\u003c\/i\u003e. 2006, Bratislava: Kalligram\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Harbour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart One:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mystery (and Sperm) of Life's Origins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeux Ex Machina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe World Egg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpontaneous Generation and Meat Broth — Lazzaro Spallanzani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypes and Rhythms of Embryos — Karl Ernst Von Baer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCell From a Cell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Feats of the Sea Urchin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Two:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChromosomes, Mendelian Factors and Evolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoasted Capon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Immortal Germplasm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReduction Division\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA London Pigeon Sale — Thomas Henry Huxley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Orchard of Evolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeas and Minotaur — William Bateson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGalton and Mendel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Sperm, One Ovum — Theodor Boveri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Three:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Triumph of Genes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrickster Mendelians — Thomas Hunt Morgan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSex Chromosomes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Telltale White Eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenetic Mapping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Four:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForces and Reactions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematics of Life — D'arcy Wentworth Thompson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Two-Headed Newt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZeus's Beard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvolutionary Synthesis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Casting Moulds of Genes — Hermann Joseph Muller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFronts On the Wings of a Moth — Alfred Kühn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Birth of Patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Five:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Atoms of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHormones in Larva Blood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Gene, One Enzyme — George Wells Beadle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Protein-Genes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Principle of Transformation — Oswald Theodore Avery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Triple Helix — Linus Pauling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDNA with Ambrosia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Six:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCodes and Links\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Central Dogma — Francis Crick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Diamond Code of Proteins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Genetic Code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Molecular Lung — Max Ferdinand Perutz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSugar-Consuming Bacteria — Jacques Monod\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Seven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenes in the Mortar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpigenesis and Genetics — Conrad Hal Waddington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Recipe for Making Mice — Sydney Brenner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wiring of a Worm's Brain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecombinant DNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStriped Embryos — Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Worm Ancestors — Detlev Arendt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Age of Genomics — Eugene Koonin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart Eight:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeyond Genes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostcard to Thrace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cedar Forest of Abdera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Philosophy of Biology — Ernst Mayr\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Genetics of the Biosphere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiscuits Baked in Ash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Island of Bensalem — Pál Nagy-Juhász\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn Mount Olympus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bay of Abdera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Students of biology, philosophy and medicine and anyone interested in the history and philosophy of biological discoveries.  \u003cbr\u003eKeywords:Genetics;Evolution;Democritus;Spontaneous Generation;Embryology;Genetics;Developmental Genetics;Molecular Biology;Evolutionary BiologyReview:\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntertaining and didactic style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses an historical perspective to allow the gradual learning of the subject\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConversational structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynthesizing different disciplines thus providing an integrative understanding of biology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World 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