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Synopsis
Weiner, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for THE BEAK OF THE FINCH, highlights the seminal work of Seymour Benzer, whose research on mutant fruit flies helped pioneer the field of molecular biology. Full of anecdotes and laboratory musings, this accessible book details Benzer's odyssey to understand the relationship between genes and behavior. Photos and illustrations throughout.
| Size | | Length: | 300 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Seymour Benzer's laboratory runs along two corridors of Church Hall at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena."
Industry Reviews
"Weiner has a penchant...for opening up the lives of scientists who have built deep relationships with communities of tiny creatures....[He] is an able simplifier of the enormously complicated atomic theory of behavior, a field that Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, has described as existing on the 'borderline between the living and the nonliving.'"
Salon - Edward Neuert (04/30/1999)
"TIME, LOVE, MEMORY is a beautifully written book that seamlessly weaves together science, history and personalities. Weiner makes behavioral genetics come alive by focusing on Benzer's life in the same way that he made evolutionary science exciting in THE BEAK OF THE FINCH by following the lives of Peter and Rosemary Grant."
Scientific American - Dean Hamer (06/19/1999)
"As someone who has not formally studied sciences since my sophomore year in college, I am grateful for clear, engaging science books that do not seem to be "dumbed down" for readers like me. Such a book is Jonathan Weiner's TIME, LOVE, MEMORY, a biography of Seymour Benzer, whose life work uncovered new understanding about the relationship between genetics and behavior."
Hungry Mind Review - Frances Phillips
"[This] is the story of Benzer's career, especially his work on genes and behavior, as well a glimpse at the history of genetics itself and how it became molecular. It is also a wonderful description of biologists at work together, with cameos of many of the leaders...."TIME, LOVE, MEMORY" is a lovely book about a lovely scientist."
New York Times Book Review - Lewis Wolpert (05/02/1999)
"In [this book] we meet the researchers, as interesting a group of individualists as we're likely to encounter in the sciences. We get a fascinating glimpse of life in the fruit fly labs, from its eccentric traditions...to its literary aspirations...to its culture of generous collegiality. This makes delightful reading...."
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