Paul M. Wassarman (Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerati

A Place in History

The Biography of John C. Kendrew

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Produktbeschreibung

A Place in History: The Biography of John C. Kendrew is the story of the influential 20th century scientific pioneer and winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 166mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9780199732043
• ISBN-10: 0199732043
• Artikelnr.: 58408616

Autorenporträt

Paul M. Wassarman is Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Series Editor for Current Topics in Developmental Biology. Wassarman has authored more than 225 scientific papers and reviews, edited over a dozen books, and coauthored A Guide to Zona Pellucida Domain Proteins.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
John Kendrew's Timeline
John Kendrew's Service
John Kendrew's Awards and Honors
Nobel Laureates Cited
British Peers and Knights Cited
Abbreviations
Figures and Tables
Chapter 1. Introduction to John Kendrew
Chapter 2. Life, Traits, and Predilections
Chapter 3. Family, Parents, and Separation
Chapter 4. Formal Education (1924-1939)
Chapter 5. World War 2 Service (1939-1946)
Chapter 6. Cavendish, Peterhouse, and Myoglobin (1946-1962)
Chapter 7. Marriage and Divorce (1948-1956)
Chapter 8. Structure of Myoglobin (1957-1962)
Chapter 9. Journal of Molecular Biology (1957-1987)
Chapter 10. Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1962)
Chapter 11. The Old Guildhall, Linton (1964-1997)
Chapter 12. Laboratory of Molecular Biology (1962-1974)
Chapter 13. European Molecular Biology Laboratory (1962-1982)
Chapter 14. St. John's, Retirement, and Death (1982-1997)
APPENDIX
A.1 Description of John Kendrew's Archives
A.2 John Kendrew's Obituaries (1997)
A.3 Preface to John Kendrew's PhD Thesis (1949)
A.4 John Kendrew's Scientific Publications (1940-1994)
A.5 John Kendrew's Science Article (1963)
A.6 Gunnar Hägg's Nobel Presentation Speech (1962)
A.7 John Kendrew's EMBL Agreement Speech (1973)
SOURCES
S.1 Books on Crystallography
S.2 Bibliography: Books, Reports, and Reviews
Endnotes
Name Index
Subject Index