This is a behind-the-scenes account of the invention of one of the most significant biotechnological discoveries in our time - the polymerase chain reaction. Transforming the practice and potential of molecular biology, PCR extends scientists' ability to identify and manipulate genetic materials and accurately reproduces millions of copies of a given segment in a short period o...(展开全部)

作者简介 （英）戴维·克里斯特尔（David Crystal） 世界著名语言与文化学家,英国国家学术院院士，威尔士班戈大学语言学名誉教授。因其在英语语言方面的杰出贡献，被授予大英帝国官佐勋章。曾担任BBC等多个广播、电视节目的顾问、撰稿人和主持人，还曾担任剑桥大学出版社 和企鹅出版社综合性百科全书的总编辑。著有《剑桥英语语言百科全书》《现代语言学词典》《英语的故事》《何为语言学?》《谁关心英语的用法?》等上百部作品。 丛书策划及主译简介 周成刚 新东方教育科技集团首席执行官。做过大学老师，当过新闻记者，倡导国际教育,传播多元文化。著有《不一样的成长》《走向远方：穿越世界的教育寻访》《镜头里的世界名校》《由东向西看教育》等，并有《时间机器》《如何阅读一本书》等多部译著出版。曾获澳中同学会“杰出企业家校友奖”及人民日报社“海归中国梦年度人物”等荣誉称号。...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

本书依据大量第一手文献和访谈材料，生动揭示了当代重大生物技术发明PCR的动人内幕，深入考察了PCR从理论概念孕育到实用工具开发的曲折历程，充分展现了西特斯公司科学家在20世纪80年代挑战学院科学体制，造就高风险、高回报的风险资本环境的开拓创新精神。本书尤其传神地再现了1993年诺贝尔化学奖得主穆利斯“发明”PCR的富有传奇色彩的“历险记”，探讨了生物技术产业发展的科学、技术、文化、社会、经济、政治、法律诸多因素，是一本不可多得的科普佳作。

本书依据大量第一手文献和访谈材料，生动揭示了当代重大生物技术发明PCR的动人内幕，深入考察了PCR从理论概念孕育到实用工具开发的曲折历程，充分展现了西特斯公司科学家在20世纪80年代挑战学院科学体制，造就高风险、高回报的风险资本环境的开拓创新精神。本书尤其传神地再现了1993年诺贝尔化学奖得主穆利斯“发明”PCR的富有传奇色彩的“历险记”，探讨了生物技术产业发展的科学、技术、文化、社会、经济、政治、法律诸多因素，是一本不可多得的科普佳作。

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)