Background
Goodsell, David Scott was born on October 25, 1961 in Honolulu. Son of David Scott and Cheryl Darlene (Dodge) Goodsell.
(Imagine that we had some way to look directly at the mole...)
Imagine that we had some way to look directly at the molecules in a living organism. An x-ray microscope would do the trick, or since we’re dreaming, perhaps an Asimov-style nanosubmarine (unfortunately, neither is currently feasible). Think of the wonders we could witness firsthand: antibodies atta- ing a virus, electrical signals racing down nerve fibers, proteins building new strands of DNA. Many of the questions puzzling the current cadre of sci- tists would be answered at a glance. But the nanoscale world of molecules is separated from our everyday world of experience by a daunting million-fold difference in size, so the world of molecules is completely invisible. I created the illustrations in this book to help bridge this gulf and allow us to see the molecular structure of cells, if not directly, then in an artistic rendition. I have included two types of illustrations with this goal in mind: watercolor paintings which magnify a small portion of a living cell by one million times, showing the arrangement of molecules inside, and comput- generated pictures, which show the atomic details of individual molecules. In this second edition of The Machinery of Life, these illustrations are presented in full color, and they incorporate many of the exciting scientific advances of the 15 years since the first edition.
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Goodsell, David Scott was born on October 25, 1961 in Honolulu. Son of David Scott and Cheryl Darlene (Dodge) Goodsell.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of California, Irvine, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987.
Research and teaching assistant department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982-1987; research associate department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, 1987-1990; science associate department molecular biology, Research Institute Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, 1990-1992; assistant researcher Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992-1994; assistant professor department molecular biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, since 1995.
(Imagine that we had some way to look directly at the mole...)
(The Machinery of Life HardcoverDavid S. Goodsell (Author))
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallography Association, Association Computing Machinery, International Society for Arts Science and Technology, Molecular Graphics Society.