title: Monod and the spirit of molecular biology.
abstract: The founders of molecular biology shared views on the place of biology within science, as well as on the relations of molecular biology to Darwinism. Jacques Monod was no exception, but the study of his writings is particularly interesting because he expressed his point of view very clearly and pushed the implications of some of his choices further than most of his contemporaries. The spirit of molecular biology is no longer the same as in the 1960s but, interestingly, Monod anticipated some recent evolutions of this discipline.
authors.affiliation: USR3608, centre Cavaillès - République des savoirs, École normale supérieure, 29, rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris cedex 05, France. Electronic address: michel.morange@ens.fr.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morange
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history*
keywords: Allostery; Allostérie; Darwinism; Darwinisme; Finality; Finalité; Karl Popper; Max Delbrück; Modern synthesis; Symmetry; Symétrie; Synthèse moderne