Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome by Venki Ramakrishnan

Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

Venki Ramakrishnan

288 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography science challenging informative fast-paced

Description

A Nobel Prize-winning biologist tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology's most important molecule Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome--an en...

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