Part I. The birth of molecular biology: The roots of the new science
The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis
The chemical nature of the gene
The phage group
The birth of bacterial genetics
The crystallization of the tobacco mosaic virus
Enter the physicists
The influence of the Rockefeller Foundation
Physical techniques in molecular biology
The role of physics
Part II. The development of molecular biology: The discovery of the double helix
Deciphering the genetic code
The discovery of messenger RNA
The French School
Part III. The expansion of molecular biology: Normal science
Genetic engineering
Split genes and splicing
The discovery of oncogenes
From DNA polymerase to the amplification of DNA
Part IV. Beyond molecular biology?: The molecularization of biology and medicine
Protein structure
The rise of developmental biology
Molecular biology and evolution
Gene therapy
The central place of RNA
Epigenetics
Sequencing the human genome
Systems biology and synthetic biology
Images, representations and metaphors in molecular biology.