1966 WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – ); STENT, Gunther S. (1924 – 2008); CAIRNS, Hugh John Foster (1922 – )
Phage and the origins of molecular biology. Edited by John Cairns, G. Stent, and J. D. Watson.
Expanded edition, 1992. 40th anniversary edition, 2007.
GMN 9191 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11372
1968 WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – )
The double helix. A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Vivid first hand account of the discovery, renowned for its candor. See also the Norton Critical Edition of The double helix with supporting material, edited by Gunther Stent (1980), and The annotated and illustrated …
GMN 7139 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9306
1968 WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – )
The double helix.
Portions of Watson's famous memoir appeared in the January and February issues of the Atlantic Monthly prior to their publication in book form in the Spring of 1968. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference.)
GMN 12027 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14235
1974 OLBY, Robert Cecil (1933 – )
The path to the double helix: The discovery of DNA.
A well-documented history of molecular biology.
GMN 258.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8726
1977 PORTUGAL, Franklin H.; COHEN, Jack S.
A century of DNA: A history of the discovery of the structure and function of the genetic substance.
GMN 258.10 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8727
1978 LEAR, John
Recombinant DNA: The untold story.
GMN 9720 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11907
1979 JUDSON, Horace Freeland (1931 – 2001)
The eighth day of creation. Makers of the revolution in biology.
GMN 258.11 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8728
1981 WATSON, James Dewey (1928 – ); TOOZE, John (1938 – )
The DNA story: A documentary history of gene cloning.
GMN 9728 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11915
1992 KEVLES, Daniel J. (1939 – ); HOOD, Leroy Edward (1938 – )
The code of codes: Scientific and social issues in the human genome project. Edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood.
Chapter 1. "Out of eugenics: The historical politics of the human genome" by D. J. Kevles. Chapter 2. "A history of the science and technology behind gene mapping and sequencing" by Horace Freeland Judson. Chapter 7. …
GMN 10400 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12593
1993 BUD, Robert
The uses of life: A history of biotechnology.
GMN 8618 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10795
1993 KAY, Lily E. (1947 – 2000)
The molecular vision of life: Caltech, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the rise of the new biology.
GMN 12429 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14660
1994 MORANGE, Michel (1950 – )
Histoire de la biologie moléculaire.
Translated into English by Matthew Cobb as A history of molecular biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998.
GMN 11070 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13266
1996 RABINOW, Paul (1944 – )
Making PCR: A story of biotechnology.
GMN 11110 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13306
1996 MÜLLER-HILL, Benno (1933 – 2018)
The lac Operon: A short history of a genetic paradigm.
GMN 14046 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16354
1997 PERUTZ, Max Ferdinand (1914 – 2002)
Science is not a quiet life: Unravelling the atomic mechanism of haemoglobin.
Reprints landmark papers with commentary by Perutz.
GMN 11069 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13265
1999 HARRISON, Bryan Desmond (1931 – ); WILSON, T. M. A.
Tobacco mosaic virus: Pioneering research for a century. A theme issue edited by B. D. Harrison and T. M. A. Wilson.
GMN 11071 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13267
2004 SHREEVE, James
The genome war: How Craig Venter tried to capture the code of life and save the world.
GMN 7435 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9607
2006 PAULING, Linus Carl (1901 – 1994); PAULING, Ava Helen (1903 – 1981)
The Pauling catalogue. Ava Helen and Linus Pauling papers at Oregon State University. Edited by Christoffer Petersen and Cliff Mead. 6 vols.
Vol. 1. Timeline, correspondence, publications, manuscripts & typescripts of articles, speechs, and books. Vol. 2. Science, Research Notebooks. 1917 Linus Pauling Diary. Vol. 3. Peace, Ava Helen Pauling, travel, honor…
GMN 13094 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15346
2007 VENTER, John Craig (1946 – )
A life decoded. My genome: My life.
GMN 7434 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9606
2012 GARCÍA-SANCHO, Miguel
Biology, computing and the history of molecular sequencing: From proteins to DNA, 1945-2000.
GMN 9196 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11377
2014 WLODAWER, Alexander; JASKOLSKI, Mariuz; DAUTER, Zbigniew
A brief history of macromolecular crystallography, illustrated by a family tree and its Nobel fruits.
Free access from FEBS Press at this link.
GMN 14024 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16331
2015 JACKSON, Myles W. (1964 – )
The genealogy of a gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS, and race.
"Myles Jackson uses the story of the CCR5 gene to investigate the interrelationships among science, technology, and society. Mapping the varied “genealogy” of CCR5—intellectual property, natural selection, Big and Sma…
GMN 11368 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13567
2020 MORANGE, Michel (1950 – )
The black box of biology: A history of the molecular revolution. Translated by Matthew Cobb.
"The Black Box of Biology shows that what led to the incredible transformation of biology was not a simple accumulation of new results, but the molecularization of a large part of biology. In fact, Morange argues, the…
GMN 12639 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14880
