- Introduction
- I. The Birth of Molecular Biology
- 1. The Roots of the New Science
- 2. The One Gene–One Enzyme Hypothesis
- 3. The Chemical Nature of the Gene
- 4. The Phage Group
- 5. The Birth of Bacterial Genetics
- 6. The Crystallization of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus
- 7. Enter the Physicists
- 8. The Influence of the Rockefeller Foundation
- 9. Physical Techniques in Molecular Biology
- 10. The Role of Physics
- II. The Development of Molecular Biology
- 11. The Discovery of the Double Helix
- 12. Deciphering the Genetic Code
- 13. The Discovery of Messenger RNA
- 14. The French School
- III. The Expansion of Molecular Biology
- 15. Normal Science
- 16. Genetic Engineering
- 17. Split Genes and Splicing
- 18. The Discovery of Oncogenes
- 19. From DNA Polymerase to the Amplification of DNA
- IV. Beyond Molecular Biology?
- 20. The Molecularization of Biology and Medicine
- 21. Protein Structure
- 22. The Rise of Developmental Biology
- 23. Molecular Biology and Evolution
- 24. Gene Therapy
- 25. The Central Place of RNA
- 26. Epigenetics
- 27. Sequencing the Human Genome
- 28. Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology
- 29. Images, Representations, and Metaphors in Molecular Biology
- General Conclusion
- Appendix: Definition of Terms
- Notes
- Index


The Black Box of Biology
A History of the Molecular Revolution
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Publication Date: 06/09/2020
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