Picture 1 of 1
The Least Likely Man: Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code
by Portugal, Franklin H. | HC | Good
Condition:
“Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, ”... Read moreAbout condition
Price:
US $6.82
ApproximatelyEUR 6.31
- Buy it nowThe Least Likely Man: Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code
Postage:
Located in: Aurora, Illinois, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Thu, 13 Jun and Mon, 17 Jun to 43230
Returns:
Payments:
Shop with confidence
Seller information
- 99% positive Feedback
Registered as a business seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:145781146534
Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780262028479
- Book Title
- Least Likely Man : Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Science, Medical
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, History, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Item Weight
- 14.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
About this product
Product Information
How unassuming government researcher Marshall Nirenberg beat James Watson, Francis Crick, and other world-famous scientists in the race to discover the genetic code. The genetic code is the Rosetta Stone by which we interpret the 3.3 billion letters of human DNA, the alphabet of life, and the discovery of the code has had an immeasurable impact on science and society. In 1968, Marshall Nirenberg, an unassuming government scientist working at the National Institutes of Health, shared the Nobel Prize for cracking the genetic code. He was the least likely man to make such an earth-shaking discovery, and yet he had gotten there before such members of the scientific elite as James Watson and Francis Crick. How did Nirenberg do it, and why is he so little known? In The Least Likely Man , Franklin Portugal tells the fascinating life story of a famous scientist that most of us have never heard of. Nirenberg did not have a particularly brilliant undergraduate or graduate career. After being hired as a researcher at the NIH, he quietly explored how cells make proteins. Meanwhile, Watson, Crick, and eighteen other leading scientists had formed the "RNA Tie Club" (named after the distinctive ties they wore, each decorated with one of twenty amino acid designs), intending to claim credit for the discovery of the genetic code before they had even worked out the details. They were surprised, and displeased, when Nirenberg announced his preliminary findings of a genetic code at an international meeting in Moscow in 1961. Drawing on Nirenberg's "lab diaries," Portugal offers an engaging and accessible account of Nirenberg's experimental approach, describes counterclaims by Crick, Watson, and Sidney Brenner, and traces Nirenberg's later switch to an entirely new, even more challenging field. Having won the Nobel for his work on the genetic code, Nirenberg moved on to the next frontier of biological research: how the brain works.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262028476
ISBN-13
9780262028479
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202720917
Product Key Features
Book Title
Least Likely Man : Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, History, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, Medical
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
18
Lc Classification Number
Qp511.8.N57p67 2015
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
...Nirenberg's brilliant contribution deserves to be more widely known. Portugal's fascinating book can only help.
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-017232
Dewey Decimal
576.5092 B
Dewey Edition
23
Item description from the seller
Business seller information
Thrift Books Global, LLC
TB Thrift Books
18300 Cascade Ave S
Ste 150
98188 Seattle, WA
United States
I certify that all my selling activities will comply with all EU laws and regulations.
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:145781146534
Postage and packaging
Item location:
Aurora, Illinois, United States
Posts to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Worldwide, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Excludes:
Barbados, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Libya, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Venezuela
| Postage and packaging | To | Service | Delivery*See Delivery notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free postage | United States | Economy Shipping | Estimated between Thu, 13 Jun and Mon, 17 Jun to 43230 |
| US $15.99 (approx EUR 14.79) | United States | Expedited Shipping | Estimated on or before Wed, 12 Jun to 43230 |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Seller charges sales tax in |
Sales tax for an item #145781146534
Sales tax for an item #145781146534
Seller collects sales tax/VAT for items dispatched to the following states:
| County | VAT rate |
|---|---|
| Missouri (MO) | 8.238% |
Returns policy
| After receiving the item, cancel the purchase within | Refund will be given as | Return postage |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days | Money back | Seller pays for return postage |
The seller is responsible for return postage costs.
| Return policy details |
|---|
| Returns accepted |
Most Buy It Now purchases are protected by the Consumer Rights Directive, which allow you to cancel the purchase within seven working days from the day you receive the item. Find out more about your rights as a buyer and exceptions.
Payment details
Payment methods
Registered as a business seller
Seller Feedback (5,212,284)
4***5 (36)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Book arrived in good condition, thank you
c***l (386)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Arrived on time and as described.
2***w (4597)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Good item
More to explore:
- Genetics Adult Learning & University Textbook,
- Marshall Cavendish Magazines,
- Textbook Genetics Adult Learning & University Books in English,
- Marshall Cavendish Weekly Magazines,
- Marshall Cavendish Science Magazines,
- Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Weekly Magazines,
- Spider-Man Comics, Graphic Novels & TPBs,
- Iron Man Comics, Graphic Novels & TPBs,
- The Official Highway Code Non-Fiction Books,
- Spider-Man 1973 Publication Year Comics, Graphic Novels & TPBs