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Horace Freeland Judson
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The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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686 |
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1979-05-01 |
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0671225405 |
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Simon & Schuster |
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1.75 pounds |
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6.1 x 9.4 x 1.9 inches |
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1 Scott Huber (USA: FL) |
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Detailed without being overly technical, humane without being fulsome, The Eighth Day of Creation tells of molecular biology's search for the secret of life. "The drama has everything--exploration of the unknown; low comedy and urgent seriousness; savage competition, vaulting intelligence, abrupt changes of fortune, sudden understandings; eccentric and brilliant people, men of honor and of less than honor; a heroine, perhaps wronged; and a treasure to be achieved that was unique and transcendent." And in Judson this drama found its Shakespeare. Review: The revelations of modern biology make a remarkable human and scientific story, and it has never been told better than in Horace Freeland Judson s The Eighth Day of Creation.... What is especially fortunate is that he is a graceful writer with a keen sense of the human as well as the scientific drama.... I finished the book with a great sense of elation and a deepened sense of admiration for what the human family, at its best, can accomplish. Jeremy Bernstein- The New York Times Book Review --The New York Times Book Review
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