Biology, French-Style

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 29, 1988| Author: Curt Suplee | Copyright information

THE STATUE WITHIN An Autobiography By Francois Jacob Translated from the French By Franklin Philip Basic Books. 326 pp. $22.95

FEW PROSPECTS seem less beguiling than hunkering down with the memoirs of a French molecular biologist. In fact, given the choice, many readers would probably prefer gum surgery. Yet this anomalous volume positively ambushes one's expectations: From the first page, it proves to be vastly absorbing, told with Gallic e'lan and keen self-mocking wit, accessi...

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