... an entertaining account charts Brenner's life in his own words, offering a fascinating &amp; intimate protrait of one of the giants of modern biology...

My Life in Science: Sydney Brenner, A Life in Science (Lives in Science)

Science & Math

Sydney Brenner

Lewis Wolpert

Biological Sciences

BioMed Central Ltd

Collection of the "Loose Ends" columns appearing in Current Biology. Colleague of Francis Crick.

Loose Ends: from Current Biology Hb 1995 ed. Je Groopman, Et

Current Biology

Humans now wield a greater influence on the planet than any other species in history, and human-developed technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence stand poised to overtake biological evolution. Just how did we arrive at this unique moment in human history, 14 billion years after the birth of the universe? Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles of Evolution brings together 24 prominent scientists and thinkers to trace the story of evolution through ten logarithmic scales of time. Through expert insights, this unique volume considers how humans found our place in the cosmos, and imagines what lies ahead. CHAPTER AUTHORS 1. Foreword (Sydney Brenner) 2. Life In The Habitable Zone (John D. Barrow) 3. From Clay To The Code Of Life (Hyman Hartman) 4. Stepping Up To Life (Jack W. Szostak) 5. When Cells Get Creative (Giulia Rancati and Norman Pavelka) 6. Finding Strength In Numbers (Detlev Arendt) 7. There And Back Again (Per Ahlberg) 8. Conquest Of The Land And Sea (Byrappa Venkatesh) 9. A Salute To Our Placoderm Pioneers (John A. Long) 10. Warming Up To Mammals (Harris Lewin) 11. All In The Family (Francis Thackeray) 12. Lessons From Our Inner Neanderthal (Svante Pääbo) 13. Wired For Intelligence (Terrence Sejnowski) 14. Getting Smart About Learning (Atsushi Iriki) 15. More Than Just Small Talk (Tecumseh Fitch) 16. The Logic Of Cultural Evolution (Roland Fletcher) 17. Going With The (Information) Flow (Sander van der Leeuw) 18. Lingo With A Life Of Its Own (N. J. Enfield) 19. How We Became Modern (W. Brian Arthur) 20. The Creative Destruction Of Evolution (Stefan Thurner) 21. The Challenge Of The Anthropocene (J. Stephen Lansing) 22. Difficult Questions In Evolution (Eörs Szathmáry) 23. An Evolving View On Evolution (Gerd B. Müller) 24. The Humble View From Inside Evolution (Helga Nowotny) 25. Epilogue (Sydney Brenner) 
 Published by Wildtype Books and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co. 
 Readership: Science enthusiasts, history buffs, students, educators, scientists, social scientists, researchers.

SYDNEY BRENNER'S 10-ON-10: THE CHRONICLES OF EVOLUTION

Evolution

Wildtype Books

Loose Ends...False Starts

Sydney Brenner was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Medicine and Science). He then moved to Oxford and received a D.Phil in 1952, before joining the MRC Unit in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1956. His various accomplishments include serving as the Director of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, founding the Molecular Science Institute in Berkeley, holding the position of Distinguished Professor at the Salk Institute, La Jolla. And during his last years, Sydney Brenner played a key role in shaping research and development in the biomedical sector in Singapore as A*Star Senior Fellow.He was one of the greatest biologists of the 20th century and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his pioneering work in the field of molecular biology. He was also known for his boundless curiosity, sharp intellect and courage to speak with clarity and characteristic wit as evident in this delightful book which is a compilation of the columns that he wrote for Current Biology in the late '90s.

LOOSE ENDS...FALSE STARTS

World Scientific Publishing Co.

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