Masterminds
Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life
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?
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?
| Autor: | Duncan, David Ewing |
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| ISBN: | 9780060537395 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 02.05.2006 |
| Untertitel: | Genius, DNA, and the Quest to Rewrite Life |
| Schlagworte: | SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Biology SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Botany SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Cell Biology SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Developmental Biology SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Marine Biology SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Microbiology SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Molecular Biology SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Zoology / General |
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