Egg & ego : an almost true story of life in the biology lab / J.M.W. Slack.

Egg and Ego is a lighthearted look at the nature of academic science. It is intended for anyone interested in biology but particularly for biology students who want to find out what is in store for them in the future. It starts with an account of one particular experiment, which is later opened out...

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Main Author: Slack, J. M. W. (Jonathan Michael Wyndham), 1949-
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Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, ©1999.
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505 0 |a Prologue: Cosmic Egg and Human Ego -- Ch. 1. The Experiment: What we did in the slaughterhouse, and afterwards -- Ch. 2. The Greasy Pole: How I got up it myself -- Ch. 3. The Growth Factors: The most expensive substances in the world. Postscript: Molecular Biology, BC and AC -- Ch. 4. On the Catwalk: Publication and Presentation: What scientists and actors have in common -- Ch. 5. The Frog and Its Spawn: From pregnancy test to the cover of Cell -- Ch. 6. Who's Who in the Lab: From the candidate to the chairman, who they are, what they do, and why -- Ch. 7. Laboratory Life and Death: Radiation, genetic engineering, animals, computers, technology transfer -- Ch. 8. The Ground Plan of Evolution: Why all animals are really the same -- Ch. 9. Paying for It All: Where satisfaction means unending exponential growth -- Ch. 10. The Case of the Headless Frog: Science and the media. 
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