Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres
Deciphering the Ends of DNA
$44.29
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2009
Summary
The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful opportunism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn—one of Time magazine’s 100 “Most Influential People in the World” in 2007—made headlines in 2004 when she was dismissed from the President’s Council on Bioethics after objecting to the council’s call for a moratorium on stem cell research a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262512459 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262512459 |
| Author: | Catherine Brady |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Although Blackburn is certainly not an average woman scientist, there are many features of her journey that others who are interested in medical science—women and men alike—will connect with.
* Journal of Medicine *Catherine Brady’s Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres offers a commanding account of an inspiring effort to overcome gender bias along with advice about doing science, conquering academic politics, and taking responsible positions on science policy.
* Science *Catherine Brady
Catherine Brady is Assistant Professor in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of two collections of short stories, The End of the Class War and Curled in the Bed of Love (a winner of the 2002 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction).
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