The Code of Codes; Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project

Daniel J. Kevles, Leroy Hood; Editors

ISBN 10: 0674136462 / ISBN 13: 9780674136465

Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1993

Beschreibung

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 1993. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on half-title page. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight scuffing to bottom text block. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 397 pp. A collective exploration of the substance and possible consequences of the human genome project in relation to ethics, law, and society, as well as to science, technology, and medicine. The book tries to show there are fears but there is also hope that this knowledge will benefit humanity. A clean pristine copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003047

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Code of Codes; Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project
• Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0674136462
• ISBN-13: 9780674136465
• Einband: Soft cover
• Druck: 2nd Printing
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Medical/Human Nature/Psychology
  • Education

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Inhaltsangabe

Now and then" writes Lionel Triling "it is possible to observe the moral life in process of revising itself" In this new book he is concerned with such a mutation: the process by which the arduous enterprise of sincerity, of being true to one's self, came to occupy a place of supreme importance in the moral life-and the further shift which finds that place now usurped by the darker and still more strenuous modern ideal of authenticity. Instances range over the whole of Western literature and thought, from Shakespeare to Hegel to Sartre, from Robespierre to R.D. Laing, suggesting the contradictions and ironies to which the ideals of sincerity and authenticity give rise, most especially in contemporary life. Lucid, and brilliantly framed, its view of cultural history will give Sincerity and Authenticity an important place among the works of this distinguished critic.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Daniel Kevles is Stanley Woodward Professor of History and Law at Yale University.

Leroy Hood, MD, developed the DNA synthesizing technology that made possible the Human Genome Project and is cofounder of the Institute for Systems Biology. A pioneer in the fields of systems biology, proteomics, and P4 medicine, he has won the Kyoto Prize, the Lasker Award, the Heinz Award, and the National Medal of Science.