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Informationen zum Autor Freelance science writer. Klappentext From humble beginnings as a small desert laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology has evolved into a thriving international center of plant molecular biology on the campus of Stanford University. This fourth in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution considers the beginnings of ecology, complexities of photosynthesis, great mid-century evolutionary synthesis and the start of the plant molecular revolution. Zusammenfassung The fourth of five histories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington describes the development of the Department of Plant Biology. From humble beginnings as a small desert laboratory in Tucson! Arizona! the department has evolved into a thriving international center of plant molecular biology. Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Introduction; 1. An outpost in the desert; 2. Early years at the desert lab; 3. Daniel MacDougal: engineer of life; 4. A decade of change; 5. Terminations and taperings; 6. A mythic collaboration; 7. The black box of photosynthesis; 8. Years of duty; 9. The decade of chlorophyll; 10. Defining a new ecology; 11. The emerging complexity; 12. An integrative approach; 13. Common ground; 14. The molecular era.
