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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... understand its creators - the Prometheuses bringing us fire , the Faustuses taking us to either heaven or hell , the Eves about to bite into another apple on the Tree of Knowledge , and the Erik the Reds blustering about and trying to ...
... understand the new science , to be informed enough to be impressed , cautious , or afraid . Most of all we need to stop being mystified , to learn enough to question intelligently and to push our high priests of science to ex- plain ...
... understand the intricacies of nature and life and ends up with Boris Karloff in green makeup with bolts in his neck . This bargain is tempered by a demand that governments remain vigilant against future Frankensteins and Mengeles ...
... understanding the impli- cations . " We have to decide soon what kind of society we want , " says the Oxford neurogeneticist Susan Greenfield , a baroness and member of the House of Lords , and an author who writes about the brain and ...
... understand and absorb the import of major moments in human history . I agree with Paul Berg that as we move forward ... understanding this Icelandic gene master . We're sitting in deCode's new building , a blond wood , brick , and glass ...
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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 |