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Author: Errol C. Friedberg
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Over his long and inspiring career, the Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner has made some of the most significant and game-changing discoveries in the field of molecular biology. But Brenner's reach has extended well beyond his own research to inspire new generations of young scientists and to promote the development of science and biotechnology around the world. Based on his personal recollections, with contributions and correspondence from his close friends and colleagues, this book tells the lively story, not only of Brenner himself, but of what came to be known as the "golden age" of biology.
About the author: Errol C. Friedberg, M.D., is the Senator Betty and Dr. Andy Andujar Distinguished Professor and Chair at the Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. A Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and recipient of the Rous Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology, Friedberg also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal DNA Repair. Friedberg is the author of Cancer Answers, Correcting the Blueprint of Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms, The Writing Life of James D. Watson, and From Rags to Riches: The Phenomenal Rise of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is also senior author of the textbook DNA Repair & Mutagenesis, and has edited and annotated a series of interviews published as Sydney Brenner: My Life in Science.
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- Hardcover: 350 pages
- Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1 edition (September 21, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0879699477
- ISBN-13: 978-0879699475
- Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 6.3 x 9.2 inches
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This is a fascinating biography of Sydney Brenner, one of the founders of modern molecular biology. Both Brenner and the author, Errol Friedberg, hail from South Africa, which may explain the strong resonance between the author and subject. The biography quotes liberally from many who know Brenner, but the most remarkable words are Brenner's own. Brenner is a profoundly original thinker and also an exceptional writer. His Nobel speech quoted at the beginning of the book is thoughtful, generous and funny. The biography starts with Brenner's family roots in Eastern Europe, his parents' immigration to South Africa at the turn of the 20th century, and his birth and formative years in Germiston (South Africa) and extends to the launching of Brenner's research career in Cambridge (UK) right up to his present day activities. Brenner's early years in South Africa and his friendship and extensive collaboration with Francis Crick make for the especially interesting reading. The biography is remarkably well researched, well written and easy to read for a layperson. The book gives an interesting perspective into the workings of a great mind and does so with a wry sense of humor no doubt shared by both author and subject.
By Wei Yang
This is a thorough, well-written, and engaging biography about Sidney Brenner, one of the chief architects of molecular biology who rose to prominence in the 1960s as a close associate of James Watson, Francis Crick, and other famous molecular biologists of that era. Brenner was a medical student in South Africa during WWII, and I found the recounting of his gradual conversion into a research scientist during these early and formative years especially engaging. Sidney Brenner's role as president of the student council and his involvement in student political activism in South Africa were unexpected and interesting. There are also of course chapters about Brenner's contributions to deciphering the genetic code and many other landmark studies in molecular biology, which culminated in his being awarded (some would say quite belatedly) the Nobel Prize in 2002. Throughout the book there is plenty in the way of the politics and struggles of being a scientist mixed together with Brenner's unique and imposing personality as a genius "enfant terrible". This is a good biography for scientists and non-scientists alike.
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