Event Detail (Archived)

Statistical Mechanics of the Genetic Code: A Glimpse of Early Life?

  • This event already took place in May 2012
  • B Level Conference Room & Physics Library, Smith Hall Annex (CRC)

Event Details

Type
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Speaker(s)
Nigel Goldenfeld, Ph.D., professor of physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Speaker bio(s)


Open to
Public
Contact
Melanie Lee
Phone
(212) 327-8636
Sponsor
Melanie Lee
(212) 327-8636
leem@rockefeller.edu

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