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

Kevles, Daniel J., and Hood, LeRoy, eds

ISBN 10: 0674136454 / ISBN 13: 9780674136458

Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992

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397, illus., notes, selected bibliography, glossary, index, small crease in rear DJ. This collection includes a fascinating essay by James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the discovery of the structure of DNA. The ultimate goal of the pioneering project outlined in this book is to map our genome--the key to what makes us human--in detail. The Code of Codes is a collective exploration of the substance and possible consequences of this project in relation to ethics, law, and society. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 43156

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Titel: The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social ...

Verlag: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

Erscheinungsdatum: 1992

Einband: Hardcover

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Auflage: First Edition. First Printing.

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"The Code of Codes..".gives a very balanced cross-section of views on both the scientific aspects of the project and many of the social issues surrounding it...In studying the human genome, much will be discovered about the evolution of life and living systems and if, as the book tries to show, there are fears, there is also hope that this knowledge will benefit humanity. What more can one want? -- Sydney Brenner "Nature" "The Code of Codes,.".gives a very balanced cross-section of views on both the scientific aspects of the project and many of the social issues surrounding it...In studying the human genome, much will be discovered about the evolution of life and living systems and if, as the book tries to show, there are fears, there is also hope that this knowledge will benefit humanity. What more can one want? -- Sydney Brenner "Nature" "The Code of Codes"...gives a very balanced cross-section of views on both the scientific aspects of the project and many of the social issues surrounding it...In studying the human genome, much will be discovered about the evolution of life and living systems and if, as the book tries to show, there are fears, there is also hope that this knowledge will benefit humanity. What more can one want?--Sydney Brenner "Nature " So far, the research (on human genetics) is on track, according to Kevles and Hood, who edited [this] impressive collection of thirteen critical essays by leading biologists, computer scientists and social scientists commenting on both the Genome Project itself and the important ethical implications of the new discoveries in human genetics.--John Wilkes "Los Angeles Times " This book provides much valuable information on a program that has become international rather than provincial, but whose perceived urgency may exceed its justification.--Bernard D. Davis "Science "