The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World

Shreeve, James

ISBN 10: 0375406298 / ISBN 13: 9780375406294

Editore: Knopf, 2004

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• Titolo: The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
• Editore: Knopf
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0375406298
• ISBN 13: 9780375406294
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine
• Firmato: Signed by Author(s)
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Science/Evolution

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Riassunto

An account of the race to solve the world's greatest scientific challenge--the sequencing of the human genome--describes the competition between rival researchers Craig Venter and Francis Collins.

Informazioni sull?autore

James Shreeve is the author of <i>The Neandertal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origin, </i>and coauthor of <i>Lucy’s Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor. </i>His articles have appeared in <i>The Atlantic Monthly, Discover, National Geographic, Science, Smithsonian,</i> and other publications. He has been a fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. Shreeve lives in South Orange, New Jersey.