Neeraja Sankaran

Neeraja Sankaran is a historian of science, science writer, editor, and independent scholar who is currently based in Bangalore, India. She holds a PhD in History of Science from Yale University, a Certificate in Science Writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Master of Science in Microbiology from the University of Alberta. Recent books include Leeuwenhoek’s Legatees and Beijerinck’s Beneficiaries, and A Tale of Two Viruses.

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In response to “Parallel Histories”
[short_description] Peyton Rous’s reactions to his various colleagues offer a glimpse of the personality behind the scientist—and serve as a perfect example of the vital role archives play in the craft of history.
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Genetics The Secret Lives of DNA [long_description] In Unravelling the Double Helix: The Lost Heroes of DNA, Gareth Williams traces the stories of scientists from the mid-nineteenth century onward as they were, in one way or another, involved in research on DNA and “were variously enthralled, seduced or infuriated” by it. Some of the lesser known of these stories include the discoveries of DNA and of its function as the carrier of life’s instructions.
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Medicine The Concept of Self [long_description] In 1960, Macfarlane Burnet became Australia’s second winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Neeraja Sankaran examines his wide body of work and enduring significance, both at home and abroad.

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