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Genomes and What to Make of Them
Barnes, Barry; Dupre, John
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Description for Genomes and What to Make of Them
Hardcover. Offers an account of the genomic revolution and its promise. This book provides a history of the science of genetics and genomics, from Mendel to Watson and Crick up to Craig Venter. It delves into the use of genomics in determining evolutionary paths - and what it can tell us, about how far we really have come from our ape ancestors. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 29 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
The announcement in 2003 that the Human Genome Project had completed its map of the entire human genome was heralded as a stunning scientific breakthrough: our first full picture of the basic building blocks of human life. Since then, boasts about the benefits - and warnings of the dangers - of genomics have remained front-page news, with everyone agreeing that genomics has the potential to radically alter life as we know it.For the nonscientist, the claims and counterclaims are dizzying - what does it really mean to understand the genome? Barry Barnes and John Dupre offer an answer to that ... Read more
The announcement in 2003 that the Human Genome Project had completed its map of the entire human genome was heralded as a stunning scientific breakthrough: our first full picture of the basic building blocks of human life. Since then, boasts about the benefits - and warnings of the dangers - of genomics have remained front-page news, with everyone agreeing that genomics has the potential to radically alter life as we know it.For the nonscientist, the claims and counterclaims are dizzying - what does it really mean to understand the genome? Barry Barnes and John Dupre offer an answer to that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226172958
SKU
V9780226172958
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About Barnes, Barry; Dupre, John
Barry Barnes is codirector of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society at the University of Exeter, where he was formerly professor of sociology. He is the author of several books on the sociology of the sciences and was awarded the J. D. Bernal Prize for his career contribution to the field. John Dupre is the director of the ESRC ... Read more
Reviews for Genomes and What to Make of Them
"What is novel about Genomes and What to Make of Them is the impressive scope of the project, which covers key issues around the politics of genomics in an accessible way, taking care to outline in clear language some very complex scientific arguments in a way that allows the authors to deconstruct various arguments about the risks and opportunities of ... Read more