Joshua Lederberg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 206494 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joshua Lederberg |
| NOMBRES | Joshua |
| APELLIDO | Lederberg |
| FIRMA | LEDERBERG J |
| AFILIACIONES | Rockefeller University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1979 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Pandemic as a Natural Evolutionary Phenomenon
Pandemic as a Natural Evolutionary Phenomenon Joshua Lederberg (bio) my main thesis is that the progress of medical science during the last century has obscured the human species' continued vulnerability to large-scale infection. We fail to acknowledge our relationship to microbes as a continued evolutionary process. This is far from equilibrium, and we cannot take for granted near-term outcomes that would be optimal from either our or our parasi…
The Network Collective
First-hand account of the rise and fall of a scientific paradigm Shows how scientific fiction turns to fact Highlights the origin of scientific hype Includes interviews with prominent scientists The network paradigm dominated immunological research from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. The originator, Niels Jerne, hypothesized that the vast diversity of antibodies in each individual forms a network of mutual "idiotypic" recognition, thus regula…
A Study of Preschool Children’s Linking of Genitals and Gender
The author describes a study that investigated what three- and four-year-old girls and boys know about the link between genital difference and gender difference by asking them to construct both a girl doll and a boy doll, using any of an assortment of anatomical features, including both male and female genitals. The results were interpreted as supporting the assumption of a normal early developmental period of psychological bisexuality; as contra…
Biological Weapons
foreword by William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense Biological weapons pose a horrifying and growing threat to the United States and to the world in general. Revelations about Iraq's weapons research and the plans of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan serve as frightening reminders of the potential for military or terrorist use of biological agents.The essays in this book, many of which were originally published in the Journal of the American Me…
Biohazard
The future of infectious diseases
Apprentice to Genius
The Theory and Practice of Science Indicators
Toward a Metric of Science
Biological Weapons
foreword by William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense Biological weapons pose a horrifying and growing threat to the United States and to the world in general. Revelations about Iraq's weapons research and the plans of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan serve as frightening reminders of the potential for military or terrorist use of biological agents.The essays in this book, many of which were originally published in the Journal of the American Me…
A Study of Preschool Children’s Linking of Genitals and Gender
The author describes a study that investigated what three- and four-year-old girls and boys know about the link between genital difference and gender difference by asking them to construct both a girl doll and a boy doll, using any of an assortment of anatomical features, including both male and female genitals. The results were interpreted as supporting the assumption of a normal early developmental period of psychological bisexuality; as contra…
Biohazard
The Theory and Practice of Science Indicators
Toward a Metric of Science
Apprentice to Genius
The future of infectious diseases
Biological Weapons
foreword by William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense Biological weapons pose a horrifying and growing threat to the United States and to the world in general. Revelations about Iraq's weapons research and the plans of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan serve as frightening reminders of the potential for military or terrorist use of biological agents.The essays in this book, many of which were originally published in the Journal of the American Me…
Biohazard
A Study of Preschool Children’s Linking of Genitals and Gender
The author describes a study that investigated what three- and four-year-old girls and boys know about the link between genital difference and gender difference by asking them to construct both a girl doll and a boy doll, using any of an assortment of anatomical features, including both male and female genitals. The results were interpreted as supporting the assumption of a normal early developmental period of psychological bisexuality; as contra…
The Network Collective
First-hand account of the rise and fall of a scientific paradigm Shows how scientific fiction turns to fact Highlights the origin of scientific hype Includes interviews with prominent scientists The network paradigm dominated immunological research from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. The originator, Niels Jerne, hypothesized that the vast diversity of antibodies in each individual forms a network of mutual "idiotypic" recognition, thus regula…
Pandemic as a Natural Evolutionary Phenomenon
Pandemic as a Natural Evolutionary Phenomenon Joshua Lederberg (bio) my main thesis is that the progress of medical science during the last century has obscured the human species' continued vulnerability to large-scale infection. We fail to acknowledge our relationship to microbes as a continued evolutionary process. This is far from equilibrium, and we cannot take for granted near-term outcomes that would be optimal from either our or our parasi…
Philosophy (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Epistemology (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · History (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Art history (2 obras)