Home Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome by Venki Ramakrishnan (ISBN: 9781541604490)

Stock photo: cover may vary

Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome Paperback - 2023

Name: Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Price: 13.08 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
ISBN: 9781541604490

by Venki Ramakrishnan

Add to wish list

Browse more copies for sale ↓

Reader reviews for Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

Write a review for this book

Important Terms and Guidelines

Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.

Your review must not include:

Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

A Nobel Prize-winning biologist's "engaging and witty" (Forbes) memoir tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology's most important molecule

Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome--an enormous molecular machine made up of a million atoms--that makes DNA come to life, turning our genetic code into proteins and therefore into us. Gene Machine is an insider account of the race for the ribosome's structure, a fundamental discovery that both advances our knowledge of all life and could lead to the development of better antibiotics against life-threatening diseases. But this is also a human story of Ramakrishnan's unlikely journey, from his first fumbling lab experiments to his fierce competition with some of the world's best scientists.

Gene Machine is a frank insider's account of the pursuit of high-stakes science.

Details

Title Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
Author Venki Ramakrishnan
Binding Paperback
Pages 288
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Basic Books
Publication date 2023-09-26
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9781541604490 / 1541604490
Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects Molecular biologists, Autobiographies
Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Venki Ramakrishnan shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for uncovering the structure of the ribosome. He is a senior scientist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, and was the president of the Royal Society in London from 2015-2020.