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Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Average rating: 4.14 · 185 ratings · 22 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	In Search of Cell History: The Evolution of Life's Building Blocks 4.19 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life 4.05 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Life: Cells, Genes, and the Evolution of Complexity 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vital Force: A Study of Bioenergetics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Make the World Intelligible: A Scientist's Journey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vital Force: A Study of Bioenergetics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The late Lynn White, a distinguished historian of science, understood just what scientists mean by truth: “It is not a citadel of certainty to be defended against error; it is a shady spot where one eats lunch before tramping on.”11”
― Franklin M. Harold, In Search of Cell History: The Evolution of Life's Building Blocks

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“The history of life unfolds over a time span so vast it boggles the imagination. I, for one, can draw no meaning from a million years, let alone a billion, and prefer a geographical metric. Let 1 millimeter, the thickness of a dime, stand for 1 year. Then 1 meter makes a millennium, 1 kilometer 1 million years, and the age of the earth (about 4.5 billion years) spans 4,500 kilometers, a little more than the distance between Miami and Seattle. As”
― Franklin M. Harold, In Search of Cell History: The Evolution of Life's Building Blocks

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“It would be agreeable to conclude this book with a cheery fanfare about science closing in, slowly but surely, on the ultimate mystery; but the time for rosy rhetoric is not yet at hand. The orign of life appear to me as incomprehensible as ever, a matter for wonder but not for explication.”
― Franklin M. Harold, The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life

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