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THOUGH it provides little new information, "Harvard and Money" gives a comprehensive introduction to the politics of University finance. But it sidesteps most controversy, and the overwhelming array of questions tends to subdue the reader to a humble silence rather than rouse him to debate. The memorandum does demonstrate that rated on fiscal and political clout, the administration is feeble and the faculties potent. In addition, the "raw power of the alumni" identifies them as the sleeping dragons outside the everyday bounds of fiscal politics. As the Committee observes, the literal implementation of "power to the people" would make them...
...usually prefer to separate personal reflections from the experimental observations that are reported in the scientific literature. Molecular Biology of the Gene (second edition), Professor Watson's new comprehensive introductory text to molecular genetics, supplements biochemical facts with relevant personal comment and opinion. In this manner, Watson presents the reader with both the substance and the glamour of modern molecular genetics...
...only a skeleton. For example, when discussing ribosomal structure, Watson says that "not even a semi-satisfactory hypothesis now exists for why ribosomes contain rRNA as well as protein." Nevertheless, in the next few sentences, Watson suggests a possible explanation for the function of rRNA at the ribosome; the reader who isn't satisfied with scientific ignorance is invited to consider Watson's opinions...
...reader searching for immediate medical and social relevance in molecular genetics will find the chapters on viruses and cancer especially informative. It's not necessary to be a hard-core biochemist to read Watson, and a look at these chapters will make technical papers and even newspaper stories about cancer experiments a lot more comprehensible. In the chapter entitled "A Geneticist's View of Cancer," Watson first discusses the specific changes cancerous cells undergo on infection, and then details the molecular mechanisms proposed for the transformation of cells by tumor viruses. If left at that, this chapter would...
...molecular biologist's contribution to medical research is already large, and is likely to grow with the expansion of cancer research. An examination of Molecular Biology of the Gene will give the reader not only a good understanding of molecular genetics, but a solid foundation for keeping up with future advances in medical and biological research...