JACOB, FRANCOIS — The Statue Within: An Autobiography
NY: Basic Books, 1988. 0465082238. First American Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0465082238. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Translated by Franklin Philip. NB. François Jacob (1920-2013) was a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of the transcription of DNA sequences. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff.. Both the volume and the price-clipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/NEAR FINE.. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Series. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. vi, 326 pages. As New in Near Fine dust jacket .
