Description
The definitive insider's history of the genetic revolution--significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade. James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from the discovery of the double helix to today's controversies to what the future may hold. Updated to include new findings in gene editing, epigenetics, agricultural chemistry, as well as two entirely new chapters on personal genomics and cancer research. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative exploration of DNA's impact--practical, social, and ethical--on our society and our world.
Author: James D. Watson, Andrew Berry, Kevin Davies
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 08/22/2017
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780385351188
ISBN10: 0385351186
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Genetics & Genomics
- Science | Life Sciences | Biology
- Medical | Biotechnology
Author: James D. Watson, Andrew Berry, Kevin Davies
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 08/22/2017
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780385351188
ISBN10: 0385351186
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Genetics & Genomics
- Science | Life Sciences | Biology
- Medical | Biotechnology
About the Author
JAMES D. WATSON was director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York from 1968 to 1993 and is now its chancellor emeritus. He was the first director of the National Center for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes of Health from 1989 to 1992. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, he has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, and, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.