Radium and the secret of life:
"Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as 'decay' and...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as 'decay' and 'half-life,' and made frequent references to the 'natural selection' and 'evolution' of the elements. Meanwhile, biologists of the period used radium in experiments aimed at elucidating some of the most basic phenomena of life, including metabolism and mutation. From the creation of half-living microbes in the test tube to charting the earliest histories of genetic engineering, Radium and the Secret of Life highlights previously unknown interconnections between the history of the early radioactive sciences and the sciences of heredity. Equating the transmutation of radium with the biological transmutation of living species, biologists saw in metabolism and mutation properties that reminded them of the new element. These initially provocative metaphoric links between radium and life proved remarkably productive and ultimately led to key biological insights into the origin of life, the nature of heredity, and the structure of the gene. Radium and the Secret of Life recovers a forgotten history of the connections between radioactivity and the life sciences that existed long before the dawn of molecular biology."--Page 4 of cover |
| Beschreibung: | 378 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I
1
THE BIRTH
OF
LIVING
RADIUM
11
2
RADIUM
AND
THE
ORIGIN
OF
LIFE
56
3
RADIUM
AND
THE
MUTATION
THEORY
IOO
4
RADIUM
GENETICS
154
5
THE
GENE IRRADIATED
195
6
TRANSMUTATIONS
AND
DISINTEGRATIONS
240
CONCLUSION:
THE
SECRET
OF
LIFE
Z65
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
275
NOTES
279
BIBLIOGRAPHY
339
INDEX
367
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
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| spelling | Campos, Luis A. Verfasser (DE-588)1071603256 aut Radium and the secret of life Luis A. Campos Paperback edition Chicago University of Chicago Press 2016 378 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The birth of living radium -- Radium and the origin of life -- Radium and the mutation theory -- Radium genetics -- The gene irradiated -- Transmutations and disintegrations -- Conclusion: The secret of life "Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as 'decay' and 'half-life,' and made frequent references to the 'natural selection' and 'evolution' of the elements. Meanwhile, biologists of the period used radium in experiments aimed at elucidating some of the most basic phenomena of life, including metabolism and mutation. From the creation of half-living microbes in the test tube to charting the earliest histories of genetic engineering, Radium and the Secret of Life highlights previously unknown interconnections between the history of the early radioactive sciences and the sciences of heredity. Equating the transmutation of radium with the biological transmutation of living species, biologists saw in metabolism and mutation properties that reminded them of the new element. These initially provocative metaphoric links between radium and life proved remarkably productive and ultimately led to key biological insights into the origin of life, the nature of heredity, and the structure of the gene. Radium and the Secret of Life recovers a forgotten history of the connections between radioactivity and the life sciences that existed long before the dawn of molecular biology."--Page 4 of cover Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-1940 gnd rswk-swf Radium (DE-588)4176842-5 gnd rswk-swf Radioaktive Strahlung (DE-588)4176813-9 gnd rswk-swf Biogenese (DE-588)4006799-3 gnd rswk-swf Mutation (DE-588)4170883-0 gnd rswk-swf Radioaktivität (DE-588)4048198-0 gnd rswk-swf Biowissenschaften (DE-588)4129772-6 gnd rswk-swf Forschung (DE-588)4017894-8 gnd rswk-swf Genetik (DE-588)4071711-2 gnd rswk-swf Cytogenetik (DE-588)4070176-1 gnd rswk-swf Strahlenbiologie (DE-588)4057819-7 gnd rswk-swf Evolution (DE-588)4071050-6 gnd rswk-swf Populationsgenetik (DE-588)4046804-5 gnd rswk-swf Vererbung (DE-588)4187668-4 gnd rswk-swf Radium Genetics Radium (DE-588)4176842-5 s Radioaktive Strahlung (DE-588)4176813-9 s Cytogenetik (DE-588)4070176-1 s Populationsgenetik (DE-588)4046804-5 s Forschung (DE-588)4017894-8 s Geschichte 1900-1940 z DE-604 Biowissenschaften (DE-588)4129772-6 s Biogenese (DE-588)4006799-3 s Evolution (DE-588)4071050-6 s Mutation (DE-588)4170883-0 s Genetik (DE-588)4071711-2 s Radioaktivität (DE-588)4048198-0 s Vererbung (DE-588)4187668-4 s Strahlenbiologie (DE-588)4057819-7 s Geschichte z Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, e-book 978-0-226-23830-2 Digitalisierung Deutsches Museum application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030121720&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | Radium and the secret of life |
| title_auth | Radium and the secret of life |
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| title_full | Radium and the secret of life Luis A. Campos |
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| title_short | Radium and the secret of life |
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| topic_facet | Radium Radioaktive Strahlung Biogenese Mutation Radioaktivität Biowissenschaften Forschung Genetik Cytogenetik Strahlenbiologie Evolution Populationsgenetik Vererbung |
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