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11%OFFGeorgina Ferry - The Common Thread - 9780552159609 - V9780552159609
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The Common Thread

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Description for The Common Thread Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.

John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable setbacks and challenges from outside competitors the ultimate success of the project can be attributed in large part to John Sulston's own determination, passion and scientific excellence.

In this personal account he takes us behind the scenes of one of the largest international scientific operations ever undertaken. He is frank ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552159609
SKU
V9780552159609
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About Georgina Ferry
John Sulston was the director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge, where he led the British team in their work on the Human Genome Project, for seven years (1993-2000). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted in the 2001 New Year's Honours List for his contribution to science. Georgina Ferry is a science writer and ... Read more

Reviews for The Common Thread
'Unputdownable...an insider's story of one of the century's greatest technopolitical ventures'
Guardian
'Burns with a passion and a sense of injustice that I have never felt before in a book by a successful scientist...anyone who is fascinated by the politics and ethics of research should read it'
Financial Times
'Our nation is much the richer for ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Common Thread


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