Weiner, J. Time, Love, Memory. A Great Biologist and his Quest for the Origins of Behaviour. 1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. Faber. 1999
pp.300 with b/w. text illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist , title page inscribed by the author, ‘For Gren with all best wishes, Jonathan Weiner, June 1999’.
Looking over the shoulder of some of the premier scientists in the field, Jonathan Weiner takes us into their laboratories to show us how pieces of DNA actually shape behaviour. He focuses on the work of Seymour Benzer, who, decades ago, with James Watson and Francis Crick, helped to crack the genetic code. Then, in a simple experiment using a few test tubes, a light bulb, and 100 fruit flies, Benzer invented the genetic dissection of behaviour. Now we see how he and his students find and study genes that build our inner clocks, genes that shape the way we love, and genes that decide what we can (or cannot) remember. These breakthroughs help explain secrets of human behaviour and may lead to advance treatments for behavioral disorders ranging from rage to autism to schizophrenia.
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