Robert Olby
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Robert Cecil Olby is a professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is very well known for his work on the history of biology (see list of works at his webpage). He is fairly well known outside of biology, having frequently been asked to participate in various commemorations of famous scientific events (example) and to comment on science topics for the mass media (example).
Currently he is completing a scientific biography of the late Francis Crick, co-discoverer with Watson of the structure of DNA in 1953 for publication by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in 2007, with support from the National Science Foundation and the award of an Archives Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge.
His major contribution to the history of molecular biology is well documented in The History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 4 (1870 to 1990) published by CUP in 1992, by reference to his The Path to the Double Helix: The Discovery of DNA, first published in 1974.
[edit] Books/papers by Robert Olby
- Charles Darwin; Oxford University Press, London, 1967, 64pp.
- Early Nineteenth Century European Scientists; Pergamon Press, 1967, 179pp. ISBN 0-415-14578-3
- The Origins of Mendelism; Constable 1966. 204 pages ISBN 0-226-62592-3
- The Path to the Double Helix: The Discovery of DNA; University of Washington Press, Seattle 1974 & revised 1994) ISBN 0-486-68117-3
- Companion to the History of Modern Science (ed.); Routledge, London, 1990, 1081pp. ISBN 0-415-01988-5
- "Robert Darlington: Forgotten Prophet of Genetics", American Scientist Nov-Dec 2004
- "Quiet debut for the double helix" Nature 421 (January 23, 2003): 402-405.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:‘Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell (1887–1975)’, first published Sept 2004, 2680 words
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: ‘Bernal, (John) Desmond (1901–1971)’, first published Sept 2004, 2870 words, with portrait illustration
- Francis Crick, a full length, authorised, scientific biography to be published in late 2007 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Robert C. Olby Collection
- Quotes on Linus Pauling and The Race for DNA from the Oregon State University web site.
- Article on Consciousness Independent On Line, 7th June 2006.
- For Fleur Olby's web site.
- For Martin Packer's web site: Remembering Francis Crick.
- [1] "Correspondence between Crick and Robert Olby regarding draft chapters of Olby (1974) The Path to the Double Helix: the Discovery of DNA , and Crick's detailed comments on portions of Olby's draft text. The comments (in holograph and typescript) are divided into three types: 'Very General Remarks', 'Less General Remarks' and 'Detailed Remarks'. In addition, Crick has made editorial amendments to his 'recorded remarks' made in interview. Also included is Crick's 'Foreword' (in holograph and typescript drafts) to the book." (The Wellcome Library)
