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Alumni Bookshelf

The MBL Alumni Bookshelf is a growing collection of books authored by our alumni, celebrating the many ways their ideas and discoveries inspire the world. While the bookshelf is not yet all-inclusive, we welcome your help in expanding it. If you would like a book included by an MBL alum (yourself or someone else), please fill out our form.

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George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century

Paul Berg
Relationship to MBL: Library Researcher
Nobel Prize: 1980, Chemistry: Development of methods to map structure and function of DNA

Buy George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer
My Life in Science: Sydney Brenner, A Life in Science book cover

My Life in Science

Sydney Brenner
Relationship to MBL: Instructor, Physiology Course (1967-70); Lecturer, Physiology Course (1967-70); Researcher (1967-70, 1988)
Nobel Prize: 2002, Physiology or Medicine - Discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death

Buy My Life in Science
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Nature Remade

Luis Campos
Relationship to MBL: Student, History of Biology ('05); Course Faculty, History of Biology ('14-'18)

Michael Dietrich
Relationship to MBL: Course Faculty, History of Biology (1990-2017)

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Green Fluorescent Protein: Properties, Applications, and Protocols

Martin Chalfie
Relationship to MBL: Faculty, Neural Systems and Behavior (1983); Lecturer, Biology of Parasitism (1991); Lecturer, Neurobiology (2004)
Nobel Prize: 2008, Chemistry - For the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein

Buy Green Fluorescent Protein
Silent Spring

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson
Relationship to MBL: Junior Investigator, Zoology (1929); Researcher, Embryology (1932); MBL Corporation Member (1952-1964)

Buy Silent Spring
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The Sea Around Us

Rachel Carson
Relationship to MBL: Junior Investigator, Zoology (1929); Researcher, Embryology (1932); MBL Corporation Member (1952-1964)

Buy The Sea Around Us
The Ark and Beyond

The Ark and Beyond

James P. Collins
Relationship to MBL: MBL Society; Alumnus, Invertebrate Zoology ('73), History of Biology ('17)

Jane Maienschein
Relationship to MBL: MBL Fellow; MBL Society; Whitman Scientist ('07-'13); Co-Director, History of Biology

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond
Relationship to MBL: Invertebrate Zoology Course 1957

Buy Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Facing Reality

John Eccles
Relationship to MBL: Corporation Member (1970-71); Fellow (1968); Lecturer, Physiology Course (1969); Researcher (1968-69)
Nobel Prize: 1963, Physiology or Medicine - Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve

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Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self

Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self

John Eccles
Relationship to MBL: Corporation Member (1970-71); Fellow (1968); Lecturer, Physiology Course (1969); Researcher (1968-69)
Nobel Prize: 1963, Physiology or Medicine - Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve

Buy Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self
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Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish

Roger Hanlon
Relationship to MBL: Senior Scientist (1995 - present)

Buy Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish
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Cephalopod Behaviour

Roger Hanlon
Relationship to MBL: Senior Scientist (1995 - present)

Buy Cephalopod Behaviour
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Chance and Design

Alan Hodgkin
Relationship to MBL: Researcher (1938)
Nobel Prize: 1963, Physiology or Medicine - Ionic Involvement in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve

Buy Chance and Design
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Essays on Art and Science

Eric Kandel
Relationship to MBL: Instructor, Physiology Course (1967-70); Lecturer, Physiology Course (1967-70); Researcher (1967-70, 1988)
Nobel Prize: 2000, Physiology or Medicine - Discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system

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In Search of Memory

In Search of Memory

Eric Kandel
Relationship to MBL: Instructor, Physiology Course (1967-70); Lecturer, Physiology Course (1967-70); Researcher (1967-70, 1988)
Nobel Prize: 2000, Physiology or Medicine - Discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system

Buy In Search of Memory
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Spinach on the Ceiling

Martin Karplus
Relationship to MBL: Student, Physiology (1950)
Nobel Prize: 2013, Chemistry - For the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems

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Visions of Cell Biology

Manfred Laubichler
Relationship to MBL: 1993 Student, History of Biology

Jane Maienschein
Relationship to MBL: MBL Fellow; MBL Society; Whitman Scientist ('07-'13); Co-Director, History of Biology

Karl Matlin
Relationship to MBL: Whitman Scientist ('18-present); Course Director, History of Biology

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What Is Regeneration?

What Is Regeneration?

Kate MacCord
Relationship to MBL: Whitman Scientist ('14); McDonnell Fellow ('16)

Jane Maienschein
Relationship to MBL: MBL Fellow; MBL Society; Whitman Scientist ('07-'13); Co-Director, History of Biology

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Why Study Biology by the Sea?

Why Study Biology by the Sea?

Jane Maienschein
Relationship to MBL: MBL Fellow; MBL Society; Whitman Scientist ('07-'13); Co-Director, History of Biology

Karl Matlin
Relationship to MBL: Whitman Scientist ('18-present); Course Director, History of Biology

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A Feeling for the Organism

Barbara McClintock
Relationship to the MBL: Student, Botany Course (1927)
Nobel Prize: 1983, Physiology or Medicine - Discoveries in genetics

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Animal Beauty

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
Relationship to MBL: Faculty, Embryology Course (1983)
Nobel Prize: 1995, Physiology or Medicine - Discoveries concerning "the genetic control of early embryonic development"

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Bioluminescence

Osamu Shimomura
Relationship to MBL: Year Round Investigator (1981-2001); Corporation Member; Library Researcher
Nobel Prize: 2008, Chemistry - For the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein

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Luminous Pursuit

Osamu Shimomura
Relationship to MBL: Year Round Investigator (1981-2001); Corporation Member; Library Researcher
Nobel Prize: 2008, Chemistry - For the discovery and development of Green Fluorescent Protein

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Ends of the Earth

Neil Shubin
Relationship to MBL: Former Interim Co-Director; Frequent Whitman Scientist

Buy Ends of the Earth
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Your Inner Fish

Neil Shubin
Relationship to MBL: Former Interim Co-Director; Frequent Whitman Scientist

Buy Your Inner Fish
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Lucky Choices

Jens C. Skou
Relationship to MBL: Researcher (1953)
Nobel Prize: 1997, Chemistry - Discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase

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Three Lives

Gertrude Stein
Relationship to MBL: Student, Embryology (1897)

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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein
Relationship to MBL: Student, Embryology (1897)

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The Lives of a Cell

Lewis Thomas
Relationship to MBL: Whitman Scientist

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The Medusa and the Snail

Lewis Thomas
Relationship to MBL: Whitman Scientist

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The Evolution of Molecular Biology

Kensal E. van Holde
Relationship to MBL: 1949 Physiology Course alumnus; 1960s course faculty member; Course director from 1977 - 1981; Society Emeritus Member; former Trustee
 

Buy The Evolution of Molecular Biology
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Therefore Choose Life

George Wald
Relationship to MBL: Corporation Member (1940-96); Instructor, Neurobiology Course (1974); Instructor, Physiology Course (1947-55); Lecturer, Physiology Course (1963-65, 1967-68, 1970); Researcher (1929, 1931, 1941, 1947-49, 1951, 1961-76); Trustee (1948-55, 1961-68); Trustee Emeriti (1977-97)
Nobel Prize: 1967, Physiology or Medicine - Discoveries about chemical and physical visual processes in the eye

Buy Therefore Choose Life
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The Double Helix

James Watson
Relationship to MBL: Instructor, Physiology Course (1954)
Nobel Prize: 1962, Physiology or Medicine - Discovery concerning the molecular structure of DNA

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Avoid Boring People

James Watson
Relationship to MBL: Instructor, Physiology Course (1954)
Nobel Prize: 1962, Physiology or Medicine - Discovery concerning the molecular structure of DNA

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The Woods Hole Cantata

Gerald Weissmann
Relationship to MBL: Course faculty, Physiology ('72-76'); Trustee Emeritus

Buy The Woods Hole Cantata
The Fevers of Reason

The Fevers of Reason

Gerald Weissmann
Relationship to MBL: Course faculty, Physiology ('72-76'); Trustee Emeritus

Buy The Fevers of Reason