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A Feeling for the Organism, 10th Aniversary Edittion: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock

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A Feeling for the Organism, 10th Aniversary Edittion: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock

by Evelyn Fox Keller

About this title: For much of her life she worked alone, brilliant but eccentric, with ideas that made little sense to her colleagues. Yet before DNA and the molecular revolution, Barbara McClintock's tireless analysis of corn led her to uncover some of the deepest, most intricate secrets of genetic organization. Nearly forty years later, her insights would bring ... read more

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goodreads rating 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Mar 14, 2008
By Sonya, Statesboro, GA

"Quotes I love---

"The word 'understanding' and the particular meaning she attributed to it, is the cornerstone of Barbara McClintock's entire approach to science. For her, the smallest details provided the keys to the larger whole. It was her conviction that the closer her focus, the greater her attention to individual detail, to the unique characteristics of a single plant, of a single kernel, of a single chromosome, the more she could learn about the general principles by which the maize plant as a whole was organized, the better her 'feeling for the organism.'" (101)

"The crucial point of this story, to her, is the state of mind required in making such judgments. 'It is done with complete confidence, complete understanding. I understood every plant. Without being able to know what I was integrating, I understood the phenotype.' What does understanding mean here? 'It means that I was using a computer that was working very rapidly and very perfectly. I couldn't train anyone to do that."'" (102-103)

"Her virtuosity resided in her capacity to observe, and to process and interpret what she observed. As she grew older, it became less and less possible to delegate any part of her work; she was developing skills that she could hardly identify herself, much less impart to others. /The nature of insight in science, as elsewhere, is notoriously elusive. And almost all great scientists--those who learn to cultivate insight--learn also to respect its mysterious workings. It is here that their rationality finds its own limits. In defying rational explanation, the process of creative insight inspires awe in those who experience it. They come to know, trust, and value it." (103)"

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Jan 27, 2008
By amanda, Pocatello, ID

"Fantastic biography of Barbara McClintock, the discoverer of transposons."

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Aug 26, 2007
By Lena, Waltham, MA

"Will gave me this book for my 19th birthday and now I am a PhD student working in a Drosophila genetics lab.

Will's pretty canny."

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