Genomes and What to Make of Them

by Barry Barnes and John Dupré

Book Overview

The announcement in 2003 that the Human Genome Project had completed its map of the entire human genome was heralded as a stunning scientific breakthrough: our first full picture of the basic building blocks of human life. Since then, boasts about the benefits--and warnings of the dangers--of genomics have remained front-page news, with everyone agreeing that genomics has the potential to radically alter life as we know it.
For the nonscientist,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226172953
• ISBN13: 9780226172958
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"