Masterminds: Genius, Dna, and the Quest to Rewrite Life

Duncan, David Ewing

ISBN 10: 0060537396 / ISBN 13: 9780060537395

Editore: Harper Perennial, 2006

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Riassunto:

James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on earth forever.

Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan tells the remarkable stories of cutting-edge bioscientists, revealing their quirky, uniquely fascinating, sometimes vaguely unsettling personas as a means to understand their science and the astonishing implications of their work. This book seamlessly combines myth, biography, scholarship, and wit that poses the all-important question: Can we actually trust these masterminds?

Informazioni sull?autore:

David Ewing Duncan is the author of five books, including the international bestseller Calendar, and writes for Wired, Discover, and The Atlantic Monthly. He is a freelance producer and correspondent for ABC's Nightline, and a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition. He also writes the popular "Biotech and Creativity" column for the San Francisco Chronicle. In 2003, he won the Magazine Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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Titolo: Masterminds: Genius, Dna, and the Quest to ...
Casa editrice: Harper Perennial
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket