Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations: The Limits of Science in Understanding Who We Are

by Barbara Katz Rothman

Book Overview

Scientists are racing to unravel the code of life in our DNA sequences. But once we know the code, will we know what life means? Will we know what to do with the powerful -- healing, destructive, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393047032
• ISBN13: 9780393047035
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

powerful critique of science of genetics

This book helps us better understand the limits of genetic research and testing, and the dangers of believing that this magic new bullet will solve a host of social and medical "problems". For women especially, this book is must reading.