Egg & Ego An Almost True Story of Life in the Biology Lab /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Slack, J.M.W. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
Edición:1st ed. 1999.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1420-5
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Experiment
  • What we did in the slaughterhouse, and afterwards
  • 2. The Greasy Pole
  • How I got up it myself
  • 3. The Growth Factors
  • The most expensive substances in the world. Postscript: Molecular Biology, BC and AC
  • 4. On the Catwalk: Publication and Presentation
  • What scientists and actors have in common
  • 5. The Frog and Its Spawn
  • From pregnancy test to the cover ofCell.
  • 6. Who’s Who in the Lab
  • From the candidate to the chairman, who they are, what they do, and why
  • 7. Laboratory Life and Death
  • Radiation, genetic engineering, animals, computers, technology transfer
  • 8. The Ground Plan of Evolution
  • Why all animals are really the same
  • 9. Paying for It All
  • Where satisfaction means unending exponential growth
  • 10. The Case of the Headless Frog
  • Science and the media
  • Epilogue.