
The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
Horace Freeland Judson
The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology
Horace Freeland Judson
#2454 of 3,809 books · #246 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1980).
A historical account of the central line of discoveries of molecular biology, how the discoveries came to be made, and the people who made them.
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- Simon & Schuster
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Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1980)
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