The Engineer in the Garden: Genes and Genetics : From the Idea of Heredity to the Creation of Life - Hardcover

Tudge, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809042592 ISBN 13: 9780809042593

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 1994

Synopsis

Arguing that the everyday human intellect has been outpaced by scientific advances, a study of genetics and its potential impact on society explains what we have achieved while noting the ramifications of expanding on such technology.

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Review

"The Engineer in the Garden is an engagingly quirky and broadly informed account of modern genetics, heredity and evolution that teems with the latest facts, briskly and brightly conveyed... If you are concerned about the genetic future, you could do no better than to read this wise and thoughtful book." (Sunday Telegraph)

"In his excellent account of what we are about to let ourselves in for, Colin Tudge unravels the mysteries of genetic engineering and its applications with great skill." (Daily Telegraph)

"A mammoth task at which he succeeds admirably." (Economist)

"Could not be bettered as a popular introduction to genetic knowledge." (Independent on Sunday)

Book Description

Does for genetics what THE BLIND WATCHMAKER did for biology: it explains, it excites, it makes us imagine and think. Nature is the 'garden' of the title; the 'engineer' is the geneticist, far less in control than he or she thinks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809042592
• ISBN 13: 9780809042593
• Binding: Hardcover