Biology chronicles the history of this scientific discipline from 1901, documenting the significant discoveries of the 20th century by notable biologists and others in the sciences. The volume covers the following: genetics, war-driven research, evolutionary science, crystallography, penicillin, chemical bonds and molecular structure, microbiology, DNA, HIV and AIDS, stem cell research. Each chapter in Biology features milestones of significant events, sidebars that clarify scientific concepts, a "Scientist of the Decade" essay that focuses on a notable individual or event, and a list of print and Internet resources reflecting the time period. The book includes more than 80 photographs and line illustrations, a conclusion that looks at 21st-century issues, an appendix of Nobel Prize winners in biology, a glossary, a list of genera] print and Internet resources, and an index. Book jacket.

Peter Haugen taught journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and California State University, Fresno

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
1901-1910: Breakthroughs in Genetics Set Century's Scientific Tone	p. 1
An Age of Potential	p. 1
Milestones	p. 2
The Grasshopper and the Cytologist	p. 6
Walter Sutton, Renaissance Researcher	p. 8
Beyond Mendel: Some Genes Go Together	p. 9
Linking Sex to the "X"	p. 12
The Genesis of "Gene"	p. 13
Chemistry Counts	p. 13
The Case of the Black Diaper	p. 14
The First Chemotherapeutic Agent	p. 15
Elie Metchnikoff's Despair and Triumph	p. 16
Nutrition Becomes a Science	p. 17
Scientist of the Decade: William Bateson (1861-1926)	p. 18
Further Reading	p. 21
1911-1920: Research Perseveres in Time of War	p. 23
Conflict Mocks Human Enlightenment	p. 23
Milestones	p. 24
Glimpsing a Geography of Genes	p. 26
The Cartography of the Chromosome	p. 29
Genetic Numbers Game	p. 30
Bragg, Bragg, and the Birth of Crystallography	p. 31
Chaim Weizmann: Scientist and Statesman	p. 33
Putting Gene Theory to Work	p. 34
Safe as Milk	p. 36
Putting the "Amin" in Vitamins	p. 39
The Bacteria Eaters	p. 40
A Humbling Plague	p. 43
Scientist of the Decade: Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945)	p. 44
Further Reading	p. 46
1921-1930: Biology in the Public Arena	p. 49
The Push and Pull of "Normalcy"	p. 49
Milestones	p. 50
Evolutionary Theory Goes to Court	p. 51
Paleontology's Indiana Jones?	p. 54
A Giant Misstep for Genetic Science	p. 58
Another Test Case	p. 59
Meanwhile, Back at the Lab	p. 60
A Transforming Principle	p. 61
Another Magic Bullet	p. 63
Scientist of the Decade: Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)	p. 65
Further Reading	p. 67
1931-1940: Hard Times and Hard Lessons	p. 69
Depression and Discovery	p. 69
Milestones	p. 70
Peering Deeper into the Cell	p. 71
Science Misused to Justify the Unjustifiable	p. 77
Making Penicillin Practical	p. 79
From Minerals to Complex Molecules	p. 82
Tracking Disease to the Molecular Level	p. 87
Population Genetics	p. 89
Toward a Science of Ecology	p. 92
A Visitor from the Ancient Past	p. 93
Scientist of the Decade: Linus Pauling (1901-1994)	p. 95
Further Reading	p. 100
1941-1950: A Transformative Time for Microbiology	p. 105
On the Research Front	p. 105
Milestones	p. 106
Asking How Genes Do What They Do	p. 107
The Fluctuation Test	p. 109
The Transformative Role of DNA	p. 112
Chargaff's Rules	p. 114
Conjugation	p. 115
Soviet Science Subverted	p. 116
An Antibiotic Effective against Tuberculosis	p. 117
Credit Where Credit Is Due	p. 118
Scientist of the Decade: Oswald T. Avery (1877-1955)	p. 119
Further Reading	p. 121
1951-1960: The Double Helix Decade	p. 125
A Crossroads	p. 125
Milestones	p. 126
Confirmation in a Blender	p. 126
The Secret of Life	p. 131
"We Have Also Been Stimulated..."	p. 136
Tackling the Code	p. 137
Semiconservative Replication	p. 139
DNA Polymerase	p. 139
Back to Bacteria	p. 141
Race to Cure Polio Tops Medical News	p. 144
Stepping Back	p. 146
Scientists of the Decade: James Watson (1928- ) and Francis Crick (1916-2004)	p. 147
Further Reading	p. 148
1961-1970: Code Breakers and Ecologists	p. 153
A Tumultuous and Pivotal Decade	p. 153
Milestones	p. 154
The Cryptographers	p. 154
Reverse Transcriptase	p. 159
Detours on the Way to a Research Career	p. 161
Terrible Claw	p. 162
A Bigger Picture	p. 164
An Evolving View of Cell Evolution	p. 166
The Silence That Echoed	p. 167
Scientist of the Decade: Rachel Carson (1907-1964)	p. 171
Further Reading	p. 173
1971-1980: You Say You Want a Revolution?	p. 179
A New World	p. 179
Milestones	p. 180
Genetic Research Crosses a Frontier	p. 182
Oncogenes	p. 183
Gene Sequencing	p. 185
The Cell as Factory	p. 186
How Not to Make a Monster	p. 188
The Biotech Industry	p. 190
A Dynamic Genome	p. 191
Evolving Ideas about Evolution	p. 194
Tuskegee Experiment Exposed	p. 197
Birds and Beasts	p. 198
Upright Apes	p. 201
Scientist of the Decade: Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)	p. 202
Further Reading	p. 205
1981-1990: Biotech Booms; AIDS Looms	p. 209
Broader Horizons, Greater Challenges	p. 209
Milestones	p. 210
Polymerase Chain Reaction	p. 212
Speed Sequencing	p. 215
The Big Idea	p. 217
Bio Business, Biotech Breakthroughs	p. 218
An Unlikely Infectious Agent	p. 221
AIDS Rears Its Ugly Head	p. 224
Bad Bacteria of the Belly	p. 225
Reevaluating RNA	p. 226
Even Dinosaurs Had Mothers	p. 228
Fictive Science	p. 229
Programmed Cell Death	p. 230
Scientist of the Decade: Kary Banks Mullis (1944- )	p. 232
Further Reading	p. 234
1991-2000: Sheep and Stem Cells	p. 237
A New World	p. 237
Milestones	p. 238
The Clone Age	p. 239
Pharmaceuticals from the Farm	p. 246
Tomato Soup	p. 248
Stem Cells	p. 250
Shotgun Sequencing	p. 254
Molecular Biology in the Courtroom	p. 256
Archaea, Living Fossils	p. 257
Scientist of the Decade: James A. Thomson (1958- )	p. 260
Further Reading	p. 262
2001-2100: What Is to Be Done?	p. 267
Medicine and Public Health in a Global Village	p. 269
Genetic Modification and Cloning	p. 272
The Biosphere	p. 274
In Search of Consensus	p. 275
Further Reading	p. 281
Nobel Prize Winners	p. 283
Glossary	p. 301
Further Resources	p. 313
Index	p. 319
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Around 1900, a handful of European biologists conducted groundbreaking research that reshaped the way general heredity and biological evolution was viewed. Leading the way in this exciting field, Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, studied the patterns of inherited physical traits for more than 20 years before his work was finally recognized toward the end of the 19th century.
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