Of Flies, Mice, and Men

François Jacob

Translated by Giselle Weiss

    Introduction

    The Importance of the Unpredictable

    The Fly

    The Mouse

    The Erector Set

    Self and Other

    Good and Evil

    Beauty and Truth

    Conclusion

    Index

  • Cover: Of Flies, Mice, and Men
  • A photo of the author

François Jacob is Professor of Cellular Genetics, Collège de France, and a member of the French Academy. In 1965 he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work in genetics.