Biology, Computing, and the History of Molecular Sequencing: From Proteins to Dna, 1945-2000

When we talk about biomolecular sequencing, it is the relatively recent Human Genome Project that comes to mind. However, sequencing has a longer and more complex history which begins in the 1940s and is presented for the first time in this book.

Author: M. García-Sancho
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/11/2012
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781137543325
ISBN10: 1137543329
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Biochemistry
- Science | History
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General

About the Author
Miguel Garcia-Sancho obtained his Ph.D. at Imperial College London, UK, and has worked at the University of Manchester and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He is currently a Chancellor's Fellow at the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies of the University of Edinburgh. His interests lay in the history and social studies of twentieth century biomedicine, as well as science communication and free-lance scientific journalism.