创造的第八天
The eighth day of creation
Horace Freeland Judson · 初版 1979 年
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为什么值得读
- 采访百余位核心当事人并梳理一手笔记
- 详实记录分子生物学革命的发展历程
- 史实挖掘细致且叙事引人入胜
在这部经典著作中，著名科学作家 Horace Freeland Judson 讲述了分子生物学在美国、英国和法国诞生与早期发展的故事。从揭示 DNA 双螺旋结构、破解遗传密码到初探基因调控机制，这一黄金时期的引人入胜的故事主要通过当事核心人物的亲述展现，Judson 对他们全部进行了广泛深入的采访。由此诞生的这部著作，被广泛公认为迄今出版的关于当代生物科学的最佳史书。
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霍勒斯·弗里兰·贾德森的《创世第八天：生物学革命的构建者》；一部最初出版于 1979 年的杰作，基于历时约 10 年的研究、对 100 多位科学家的采访等等。http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11judson.html?_r=0
"The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology" by Horace Freeland Judson; a masterpiece originally published in 1979 and based on ~10 years of research, interviews w/ more than 100 scientists &c. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11judson.html?_r=0
《Molecular Biology of the Cell》、《Molecular Biology of the Gene》、《Cancer》（全都是教材），还有《The Eighth Day of Creation》
Molecular Biology of the Cell, Molecular Biology of the Gene, Cancer (all textbooks) The Eighth Day of Creation
同意，我也附议贾德森的《创世第八天》[1]。这是涵盖分子生物学革命历史最好的书之一，由一位深入访谈过所有核心人物的大师级历史学家娓娓道来。读起来惊心动魄。[1] https://www.amazon.com/Eighth-Day-Creation-Revolution-Commem...
Agreed and second Judson's "The Eighth Day of Creation" [1]. One of the best books that covers the history of the molecular biology revolution, told by a master historian who interviewed the major players extensively. It's a thrilling read. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Eighth-Day-Creation-Revolution-Commem...
……几本书：沃森关于发现 DNA 结构的书（带着极大的先入之见：他是个彻头彻尾的混蛋，写那本书纯粹是为了给自己脸上贴金）、马多克斯的传记《DNA的光环女性》，以及霍勒斯·贾德森的《创世第八天》。第三本最重要，因为富兰克林把她的科研笔记留给了好友艾伦·克卢格，而贾德森做了非常缜密的侦探式挖掘，厘清了富兰克林到底做了什么以及……
…books: Watson's book on the discovery of the structure of DNA (with a heavy prior: he's a colossal asshole who wrote the book to give him the best light), Maddox's biography (The Dark Lady of DNA), and The Eighth Day of Creation by Horace Judson. The third book is the most important because Franklin gave her scientific notes to her friend Aaron Klug and Judson did some very careful sleuthing to extract what Franklin did and…
……道格拉斯·霍夫施塔特，《哥德尔、艾舍尔、巴赫：集异璧之大成》• 戴维·古德塞尔，《生命的机器》• 威廉·W·科恩，《面向计算机科学家的细胞生物学指南》• 霍勒斯·弗里兰·贾德森，《创世第八天：生物学革命的构建者》• 刘易斯·托马斯，《水母与蜗牛：一个生物学观察者的更多手记》
…Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid • David Goodsell, The Machinery of Life • William W. Cohen, A Computer Scientist’s Guide to Cell Biology • Horace Freeland Judson, The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology • Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
……非常强烈地觉得她被骗了；虽然我也认为她确实受了委屈、没有得到应有的认可，但背后的内情其实相当复杂。我建议把《光环女性》和《创世第八天》两本书都读一读，然后再形成自己的观点。就我个人而言，我觉得她遗赠给艾伦·克卢格、并在撰写《创世第八天》时被引用的个人日记，真的非常发人深省。
…very strongly that she was cheated, and while I do believe she was definitely slighted and not given enough credit, the underlying story is fairly complicated. I recommend reading both Dark Lady and Eighth Day of Creation and then forming your own opinion. personally I thought her personal diaries, which she willed to Aaron Klug and were used in the writing of Eighth Day, were really illuminating.