Matters of life and death : perspectives on public health, molecular biology, cancer, and the prospe...
Matters of life and death : perspectives on public health, molecular biology, cancer, and the prospe...
Matters of life and death : perspectives on public health, molecular biology, cancer, and the prospects for the human race / John Cairns.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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T0387968
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English
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Physical content
xi, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. A History of Mortality -- Ch. 2. A History of Molecular Biology: The Storage of Biological Information -- Ch. 3. A History of Molecular Biology: The Management of Biological Information -- Ch. 4. Cancer and the Molecular Biology of Multicellular Systems -- Ch. 5. The Epidemiology of Cancer --...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
John Cairns has made significant contributions to cancer research, molecular biology, and virology. He believes that it is possible to explain what is known about cancer and about molecular biology in terms that are easily understood by people with little or no scientific training. In this fascinating book he explores the revolution in public healt...
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Matters of life and death : perspectives on public health, molecular biology, cancer, and the prospects for the human race / John Cairns.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-252) and index.
Transferred from N574.88/4.
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c1997.
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T0387968
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0691028729 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780691028729 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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574.88
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991004990119702626
