A skeptical biochemist

Abstract

Preface 1. Biochemistry and Skepticism 2. Perspectives on the Method Views of Peter Medawar Claude Bernard and his Medecine Experimentale Justus von Liebig on Francis Bacon On Craftsmanship On Hypotheses in the Biochemical Sciences Sanger and Insulin: A Case History Perils of the Search for Simplicity 3. Interplay of and Chemistry Nineteenth-Century Debates Emergence of Biochemistry Nineteenth-Century Cytology, Embryology, and Microbiology Twentieth-Century Embryology versus Genetics Emergence of Biochemical Genetics A Sack Full of Enzymes? On Biomolecular Structure Jacques Monod and Allostery On Energy-Rich Phosphate Bonds Dynamics of Biochemical Processes On Biochemical Function and Purpose On Specificity and Individuality Evolutionary Theory and the Unity of Biology 4.Approaches to the History of the Biochemical Sciences On Historians of Chemistry On Historians of the Biochemical Sciences On Scientific Disciplines On the Origins of Molecular Biology On Scientific Biography and Autobiography 5. Reflections on the Biochemical Literature The Words of the Tribe Is the Scientific Paper a Fraud? Bibliography Index of Personal Names Index of Subjects

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