Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense
A welcome contribution,Genetic Explanationswill be a valuable resource for those seeking to sort exaggerated claims about genetic causation from solid scientific achievements. (Troy Duster, author ofBackdoor to Eugenics)Important and optimistic,Genetic Explanationsclears the way for an open discourse on human identity in the age of DNA, clearly demonstrating the many ways in which the information in our DNA interacts with our experience over the course of a lifetime. (Robert Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Columbia University)