Description
| Product ID: | 9781108794534 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Fred Sanger - Double Nobel Laureate |
| Subtitle: | A Biography |
| Authors: | Author: George G. Brownlee |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Mathematics and Science, Mathematics & science, Science: general issues, History of science, Biology, life sciences, Molecular biology, Science: general issues, History of science, Biology, life sciences, Molecular biology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Drawing, in part, on a rare interview by the author, this is the first full biography of Fred Sanger to be published. Brownlee highlights the remarkable extent of Sanger's scientific achievements, providing a real portrait of the man behind them and considering his continuing legacy as 'the father of genomics'. Considered ''the father of genomics'', Fred Sanger (1918–2013) paved the way for the modern revolution in our understanding of biology. His pioneering methods for sequencing proteins, RNA and, eventually, DNA earned him two Nobel Prizes. He remains one of only four scientists (and the only British scientist) ever to have achieved that distinction. In this, the first full biography of Fred Sanger to be published, Brownlee traces Sanger''s life from his birth in rural Gloucestershire to his retirement in 1983 from the Medical Research Council''s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. Along the way, he highlights the remarkable extent of Sanger''s scientific achievements and provides a real portrait of the modest man behind them. Including an extensive transcript of a rare interview of Sanger by the author, this biography also considers the wider legacy of Sanger''s work, including his impact on the Human Genome Project and beyond. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-04-02 |
