This astonishing work is the first history and analysis of the Human Genome Project, the massive international effort aimed at mapping each of the three billion molecules that make up human DNA. The authors chronicle the startling progress of this mammoth undertaking and examine the moral questions that arise from such research. As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF3.

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Title

THE BOOK OF MAN: The Human Genome Project and The Quest to Discover Our Genetic Heritage

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0684801027

ISBN 13

9780684801025

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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A history and analysis of the Human Genome Project--also known as The Book of Man--the massive international effort mapping each of the three billion molecules that make up human DNA, chronicles the progress of the undertaking. 15,000 first printing.

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"Clear, accurate, and well written....If you want your voice to be heard in this most urgent of debates, then read this balanced and informative book."--The Sunday Times (London)
"[Offers] an enormous amount of thought-provoking material....Will serve as an incisive introduction to the exploding field of genetic engineering."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The message of The Book of Man is that all responsible citizens ought to achieve DNA literacy. I strongly recommend it to scientists and nonscientists alike."--Francis Crick, Nobel laureate and author of Molecules and Me
"Bodmer and McKie have done a superb job of making extremely technical genetic and molecular processes understandable to the lay reader."--Library Journal
"A lively and wide-ranging book about the accomplishments and aspirations of genetics and those who study it....Possibly the best popular treatment to date of the most glamorous and least understood of the biological sciences."--Kirkus Reviews
"Clear, accurate, and well written....If you want your voice to be heard in this most urgent of debates, then read this balanced and informative book."--The Sunday Times (London)
"[Offers] an enormous amount of thought-provoking material....Will serve as an incisive introduction to the exploding field of genetic engineering."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The message of The Book of Man is that all responsible citizens ought to achieve DNA literacy. I strongly recommend it to scientists and nonscientists alike."--Francis Crick, Nobel laureate and author of Molecules and Me
"Bodmer and McKie have done a superb job of making extremely technical genetic and molecular processes understandable to the lay reader."--Library Journal
"A lively and wide-ranging book about the accomplishments and aspirations of genetics and those who study it....Possibly the best popular treatment to date of the most glamorous and least understood of the biological sciences."--Kirkus Reviews
"Clear, accurate, and well written....If you want your voice to be heard in this most urgent of debates, then read this balanced and informative book."--The Sunday Times (London)
"[Offers] an enormous amount of thought-provoking material....Will serve as an incisive introduction to the exploding field of genetic engineering."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"The message of The Book of Man is that all responsible citizens ought to achieve DNA literacy. I strongly recommend it to scientists and nonscientists alike."--Francis Crick, Nobel laureate and author of Molecules and Me
"Bodmer and McKie have done a superb job of making extremely technical genetic and molecular processes understandable to the lay reader."--Library Journal
"A lively and wide-ranging book about the accomplishments and aspirations of genetics and those who study it....Possibly the best popular treatment to date of the most glamorous and least understood of the biological sciences."--Kirkus Reviews
"Clear, accurate, and well written....If you want your voice to be heard in this most urgent of debates, then read this balanced and informative book."--The Sunday Times (London)

"[Offers] an enormous amount of thought-provoking material....Will serve as an incisive introduction to the exploding field of genetic engineering."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"The message of The Book of Man is that all responsible citizens ought to achieve DNA literacy. I strongly recommend it to scientists and nonscientists alike."--Francis Crick, Nobel laureate and author of Molecules and Me

"Bodmer and McKie have done a superb job of making extremely technical genetic and molecular processes understandable to the lay reader."--Library Journal

"A lively and wide-ranging book about the accomplishments and aspirations of genetics and those who study it....Possibly the best popular treatment to date of the most glamorous and least understood of the biological sciences."--Kirkus Reviews

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