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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... story of our time , perhaps of all time . A species is developing the tools to redesign itself , to self - evolve in a way Charles Darwin never imagined . Experiments are under way to create new forms of life . The geneti- cist J. Craig ...
... story of our time , perhaps of all time . A species is developing the tools to redesign itself , to self - evolve in a way Charles Darwin never imagined . Experiments are under way to create new forms of life . The geneti- cist J. Craig ...
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... story describes his inten- tions . " It was the secrets of heaven and earth I desired to learn ; and whether it was the outward substance of things , or the inner spirit and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me , still my ...
... story describes his inten- tions . " It was the secrets of heaven and earth I desired to learn ; and whether it was the outward substance of things , or the inner spirit and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me , still my ...
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... stories , but also from who they are : their hopes and fears ; their humil- ity , their arrogance , and the ambition that drive them forward into discoveries and dictates how they react to the possibility of miracles , and of disasters ...
... stories , but also from who they are : their hopes and fears ; their humil- ity , their arrogance , and the ambition that drive them forward into discoveries and dictates how they react to the possibility of miracles , and of disasters ...
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... stories and symbols of the glories and disasters of their time . I have chosen nine scientists with the same emphasis in mind , but with an added element that defines a major difference between our era and 15 Strachey's . Today , we don ...
... stories and symbols of the glories and disasters of their time . I have chosen nine scientists with the same emphasis in mind , but with an added element that defines a major difference between our era and 15 Strachey's . Today , we don ...
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... stories , myths , and characters that have endured for centuries as de- vices to understand and absorb the import of major moments in human history . I agree with Paul Berg that as we move forward with science we must be cautious ...
... stories , myths , and characters that have endured for centuries as de- vices to understand and absorb the import of major moments in human history . I agree with Paul Berg that as we move forward with science we must be cautious ...
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Sida 68 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Sida 68 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Sida 58 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near: And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Sida 230 - Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse: We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Sida 90 - And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" And he said, "Who are you, Lord?
Sida 14 - He will row out over that great ocean of material, and lower down into it, here and there, a little bucket, which will bring up to the light of day some characteristic specimen, from those far depths, to be examined with a careful curiosity.
Sida 12 - I hope this book will show, science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles
Sida 165 - Though her features were strong, she was not unattractive and might have been quite stunning had she taken even a mild interest in clothes.