Title: The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0375406298
ISBN 13: 9780375406294
Binding: hardcover
Condition: New

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An account of the race to solve the world's greatest scientific challenge--the sequencing of the human genome--describes the competition between rival researchers Craig Venter and Francis Collins.

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James Shreeve is the author of The Neandertal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origin, and coauthor of Lucy’s Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor. His articles have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Discover, National Geographic, Science, Smithsonian, and other publications. He has been a fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. Shreeve lives in South Orange, New Jersey.

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