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Max Perutz and the Secret of Life
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
July 5, 2007
Pages
368
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Ill
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780701176952
ISBN-10
0701176954
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$41.65
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Born in Vienna, Jewish by descent, lapsed Catholic by religion, Max Perutz came to Cambridge in 1936, to join the lab of the legendary Communist thinker J D Bernal. There he began to explore the structures of the protein molecules that hold the secret of life. This biography has the zest of an adventure novel and contains different characters.
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Hardcover
from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr (December 31, 2007)
9780879697853 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $40.00
About: Few scientists have thought more deeply about the nature of their calling and its impact on humanity than Max Perutz (1914-2002).
About: Few scientists have thought more deeply about the nature of their calling and its impact on humanity than Max Perutz (1914-2002).
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Ill edition from Gardners Books (July 5, 2007)
9780701176952 | details & prices | 368 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $41.65
About: Born in Vienna, Jewish by descent, lapsed Catholic by religion, Max Perutz came to Cambridge in 1936, to join the lab of the legendary Communist thinker J D Bernal.
About: Born in Vienna, Jewish by descent, lapsed Catholic by religion, Max Perutz came to Cambridge in 1936, to join the lab of the legendary Communist thinker J D Bernal.
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