Max Perutz and the Secret of Life
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879697857 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 1947, he founded the small research group in which Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the structure of DNA: under his leadership it grew to become the world-famous Laboratory for Molecular Biology. Small in stature, he became a fearless mountain climber; drawing on his own experience as a refugee, he argued fearlessly for human rights; he could be ruthless but had a talent for friendship. It has the zest of an adventure novel and is full of extraordinary characters. Max himself explored the protein hemoglobin and his work, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1962, launched a new era of medicine, heralding today's astonishing advances in the genetic basis of disease. Max Perutz's story, wonderfully told by Georgina Ferry, brims with life. There he began to explore the structures of the molecules that hold the secret of life. Max was demanding, passionate and driven but also
Nature Medicine --NatureFerry does a superb job of using the correspondence, archival sources, interviews, and other traditional tools of biography writingTeachers of undergraduates will treasure this book for the rich coverage of the birth of molecular biology and the circumstances that made it possible. As the official biographer, Ferry has handled Perutz s mix of vanity and self-deprecation, vicious critique and devoted admiration, diplomatically, reporting not judging. Whether dealing with personal matters or explaining the science, Ferry handles the subject matter with ease and clarity. Perutz made a wise choice when he chose to invite Georgina Ferry to write his life. The Quarterly Review of Biology --The Quarterly Review of Biology . The resu
"A Determined Researcher, A Brilliant Organizer" according to Rob Hardy. Max Perutz used to say that he was famous, but that few people knew what it was he was famous for. His name may not resonate with household familiarity, but he was a Nobel laureate for his work on the structure of hemoglobin and was enormously influential in organizing other scientists working in what was then a new field of molecular biology. He died in 2002, working up until his last days, and although he was an accomplished writer, he didn't get around to writing. Michael T Kennedy said A wonderful life. This is a lovely biography of a wonderful man. This review does not show an Amazon purchase tag because I was loaned this book by a man who was one of Max's students. His life teaches us why science, pure science not the rent seeking behavior on exhibit at the East Anglia University, can provide a satisfying career, whether or not one is recognized with public rewards. Max Perutz grew up the somewhat sickly son of a Jewish textile manufacturing family. They were qui
Her books include the acclaimed biography Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life (1998); The Common Thread (2002), with Sir John Sulston) and A Computer Called LEO (2003). . She lives in Oxford. Georgina Ferry is a former staff editor on New Scientist, and contributor to Radio 4's Science Now