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? |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 8
... role of personality in science . Can we trust the geniuses who are pushing into unknown territories of gene mapping and modification ? Are they delving into mysteries ' perhaps better left to God ?? An interesting book .... Clear and ...
... role : the food I swallow , the gasoline fumes I breathe in when I fill up my gas tank , the ultraviolet rays that permeate the ozone and burn the skin on my nose . But it's my genes that are the basic ingredi- ents that make me both ...
... role as a scientist in creating this awe- somely deadly weapon . " It is not possible to be a scientist unless you believe that the knowledge of the world , and the power that this gives , is a thing which is of intrinsic value to ...
... role in this de- bate between Berg and Watson . The science emanates from their minds , and from their personal ... roles . " This comes from James Watson , codiscoverer of the double - helix structure of DNA in 1953 and an obnoxious ...
... role of personality in science . In the end , I chose and expanded on a strategy used with delightful effective- ness by Lytton Strachey in his 1918 Lives of Eminent Victorians . In- sisting that too much material existed on the ...
Innehåll
1 | |
21 | |
29 | |
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 |
Andra upplagor - Visa alla
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 |