{"product_id":"9789814569064","title":"A Biography of Paul Berg: The Recombinant DNA Controversy Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by \u003cb\u003eSydney Brenner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e(Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2002)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis biography details the life of Paul Berg (Emeritus Professor at Stanford  University), tracing Berg's life from  birth, in 1926, to the present, with special emphasis on his enormous scientific contributions, including being the first to develop technology that led to gene cloning science. In 1980, Berg received a Nobel Prize in chemistry for this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his contributions in the research laboratory, Berg orchestrated and oversaw a historic meeting at Asilomar, California that centered on a threatening controversy surrounding the perception by some of the harmful potential of recombinant DNA technology. This meeting did much to forestall this controversy and to put in place the regulation of recombinant DNA work, thus putting fears to rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recombinant DNA controversy was a historic outcome of the discovery of gene cloning. Notably, it represented a paramount example of scientific foresight and due diligence by the scientific community, rather than by regulatory entities in the United States and many other countries. The ultimate acceptance of gene\/DNA cloning led to a new era of modern biology that thrives to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed primarily at scientists and those in training. The book strives to simply provide information for the general reader, but is not specifically tailored for a general reading audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many books cover the recombinant DNA controversy, none have satisfactorily addressed this historic period and are often contradictory about the many who's, where's, and why's involved. Additionally, the great majority of these were written by non-scientists. This biography of Paul Berg provides access to numerous archived letters and documents at Stanford  University not previously addressed, and to the chronology of events as recalled  and documented by him, as well as other key personalities, many of whom were interviewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart I:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowing Up in Brooklyn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Essential Paul Berg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollege — and World War II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestern Reserve University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopenhagen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashington University, St. Louis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscovering Transfer RNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStanford University — and Its Refurbished Department of Biochemistry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranscription and Translation: New Directions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart III:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Recombinant DNA — The First Faltering Steps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Recombinant DNA — A Major Breakthrough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEco\u003c\/i\u003eRI Restriction Endonuclease — A Major Breakthrough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Coincidence is the Word We Use When We Can't See the Levers and Pulleys”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYet Another Stanford Contribution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart IV:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Historic Meeting in Hawaii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Recombinant DNA Controversy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Momentous Gordon Research Conference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Recombinant Molecules with Frog DNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Controversy Heats Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsilomar II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dissenters: A Different Point of View\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Aftermath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegislative and Revisionist Challenges to Recombinant DNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsilomar II — Lessons Learned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart V:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommercializing the Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife Goes on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe “Retirement” Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublic Policy Issues — and Other Interests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersonal Challenges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Researchers, graduate students, undergraduates in life sciences, medicine and chemistry and interested lay public.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141187551472,"sku":"9789814569064","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814569064_p0.jpg?v=1763691240","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814569064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}