Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite LifeHarper Collins, 6 okt. 2009 - 273 sidor James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on earth forever. Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan tells the remarkable stories of cutting-edge bioscientists, revealing their quirky, uniquely fascinating, sometimes vaguely unsettling personas as a means to understand their science and the astonishing implications of their work. This book seamlessly combines myth, biography, scholarship, and wit that poses the all-important question: Can we actually trust these masterminds? |
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... for themselves , or to cause trouble in the Frankensteinian sense . And the fact is , scientists that I know are trying to do good for people . -Douglas Melton Harvard embryologist A It is not possible to be a scientist unless.
... cause global warming . The list goes on in the pluses and minuses of televi- sion that educates and enervates , drugs that cure and cause side ef- 9 fects , cars and airplanes that convey us places MASTERMINDS.
... cause cancer in mice and might cause cancer in humans - or not . No one at that time knew for sure , though they now know the virus is most likely harmless in humans . Back in 1971 , another scien- tist alerted Berg to the possible ...
... cause specific traits ] so you probably have three times the risk . If this turns out to be the case in the American population , you are genetically predis- posed to stroke . DD : Oh , hmm . Stroke ? But I've had no stroke in my family ...
... cause I'm talking to a very boring fellow . [ To me ] My eighteen- year - old daughter would have said , " boring dude . " 2 hat night , I meet Stefansson for drinks at an Italian restaurant that served , among the usual pasta and veal ...
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Eve Cynthia Kenyon | 57 |
Paul | 85 |
Faustus | 121 |
Zeus James Watson | 155 |
Puck Sydney Brenner | 179 |
Moses | 201 |
What If Frankensteins Monster Had Einsteins Brain? | 231 |
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Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 2006 |
Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2009 |
Masterminds: Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life David Ewing Duncan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2006 |