Re: Central Dogma HELP
From: Perplexed in Peoria (jimmenegay_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 03/08/05
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Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:41:40 -0500 (EST)
"Gil Lawton" <gillawton@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:d0i303$1b78$1@darwin.ediacara.org...
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> <mystical_mullet_hunter@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > HEy everyone my name is alex and i am a freshman in college. i have
> > been assigned a to do a report on: "What is the central dogma of
> > biology and what is the newest branch to the flowchart?" and i am
> > having a terrible time finding information on it any help would be
> > largely appreciated:).
> > yours,
> > alex
> If that is precisely the assignment, then
> I, personally, object to the word "dogma"
> in it.
>
> In my own personal philosophical orientation,
> dogma is to science what strychnine laced
> Kool-Aid is to a cheese tasting party.
In Judson's book "The Eighth Day of Creation", there is some interesting
discussion by Crick as to why he chose to call it a "dogma" and some
of the confusion that this choice has caused.
Incidentally, I would heartily recommend this book to Alex, and Gil, and
anyone else who wants to learn something of the history and conceptual
structure of molecular biology. I have never encountered a popular work
which gives such a vivid picture of how science is practiced and of the
logic that goes into the creation of theoretical advances.
Judson set a new standard for the borderline genre between science
journalism and serious scientific biography. And it is much better
written than Segerstrale's account of the Sociobiology controversy,
fascinating though that was.
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