A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes and Society

Author:   James D. Watson (, President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ,  Walter Gratzer (, King's College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198506973


Pages:   270
Publication Date:   01 June 2000
Format:   Hardback
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A collection, selected and edited by Professor Walter Gratzer (King's College London), of essays, speeches, and reports by J D Watson, author of The Double Helix. The pieces, which are lucid and wholly accessible to a general readership, give the authentic flavour of a period of momentous achievement in molecular biology. They deal with Watson's early life and career, science and politics, the advance of molecular genetics, and genetics and society. An Introduction by Gratzer is about Watson: the discovery of the structure of DNA and its aftermath, and his subsequent achievements. Gratzer also provides an Afterword commenting on where the science and the issues stand today: the recombinant DNA debate, the prospects for curing cancer over the next decade, and how human genetic knowledge is likely to be used, for good or bad.

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Author:   James D. Watson (, President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ,  Walter Gratzer (, King's College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9780198506973


ISBN 10:   019850697
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   01 June 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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`This book provides a fascinating insight into the thoughts of the man who, in conjunction with Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, managed to elucidate the double-helical nature of DNA.' Laboratory News |d March 2000


edifying and hugely entertaining Richard Dawkins 'Jim Watson's thoughts are fresh, fearless and free. What is more, they are usually right.' Matt Ridley, author of Genome


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