Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1. An Uncommon Farmer Chapter 2. Agricultural College at Lincoln Chapter 3. Genetics at the Quarter Century Chapter 4. The Corn Cooperation Chapter 5. The Fly Group Chapter 6. From Corn to Flies Chapter 7. Three-eyed Flies Chapter 8. Becoming a Professor Chapter 9. From Flies to Molds Chapter 10. One Gene-One Protein Chapter 11. Confronting the Skeptics Chapter 12. In Morgan's Footsteps Chapter 13. Postwar Science and Politics Chapter 14. Genetics and the Nuclear Age Chapter 15. Oxford and the Nobel Prize Chapter 16. Becoming a University President Chapter 17. Restoring a University's Eminence Chapter 18. The Corn Wars Epilogue

Reviews

Berg (a Nobel laureate biochemist at Stanford University) and Singer (a former president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington), are thoroughly acquainted with Beadle's work and its place in the history of genetics. Not only do they tell us a lot, both scientific and personal, about Beadle, but they set the stage by describing his associates and their work. The authors have done their homework, reading the old literature and conducting hours of interviews. The result is a full, accurate, authoritative, and balanced biography. And their writing is splendid as well... One of the delights of Berg and Singer's informative biography is their vivid portrayal of the real Beadle. Science The book tells us in detail about Beadle's two marriages, the salaries he earned (but not their equivalent values today), his journeys by ship and by train, and the fact that he succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. There is plenty here for everyone. Those interested in the history of genetics will want to read the whole book, but today's students would benefit from just a few chapters. Nature Berg and Singer's biography of Beadle is authoritative and complete, in that it covers in considerable detail both scientific and personal aspects of the life of this remarkable (in my view, almost uniquely appealing) biologist-administrator. Nature Genetics