In Search of the Double Helix: Quantum Physics and Life

by John Gribbin

A complete description of the search for an understanding of heredity follows the growth of the science from Darwin and Watson through to today's advanced DNA and genetic engineering

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Biology, Popular Science, Physics, Genetics, History

369 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

John R. Gribbin is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. He also writes science fiction.

Reviews

[Michael Huang]

[rec. from “A fortunate universe”]

[Vismay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Refresher of all that I had studied in school, and a lot that I hadn't (which forms the second part of the book). It is quite fascinating how DNA actually goes about in making proteins, and how using these two - we can map when in time humans actually diverged from chimpanzees and gorillas.
Quite interesting indeed!!!

[Luis Munoz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gribbin es uno de los más acuciosos divulgadores de ciencia, puede introducirse con mucho detalle en temas bastante complejos y a veces seguirlo resulta difícil (como en este libro), pero se agradece un texto que condensa evolución, física, biología y bioquímica, lo que brinda un panorama bastante amplio y sólido alrededor de lo que significa la vida como fenómeno físico. Difícil de leer (por lo menos la sección media del libro) pero el esfuerzo valdrá la pena.

[Rebekkila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, I just studied a lot of this stuff in school.