Over his long and inspiring career, the Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner
has made some of the most significant and game-changing discoveries in
the field of molecular biology. But Brenner's reach has extended well
beyond his own research to inspire new generations of young scientists
and to promote the development of science and biotechnology around the
world. Based on his personal recollections, with contributions and
correspondence from his close friends and colleagues, this book tells
the lively story, not only of Brenner himself, but of what came to be
known as the "golden age" of biology.
About the author: Errol C. Friedberg, M.D., is the Senator Betty and Dr.
Andy Andujar Distinguished Professor and Chair at the Department of
Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. A
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and recipient of the Rous
Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology,
Friedberg also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal DNA Repair.
Friedberg is the author of Cancer Answers, Correcting the Blueprint of
Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms,
The Writing Life of James D. Watson, and From Rags to Riches: The
Phenomenal Rise of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
at Dallas. He is also senior author of the textbook DNA Repair &
Mutagenesis, and has edited and annotated a series of interviews
published as Sydney Brenner: My Life in Science.
