A Passion for DNA
Subtitle: Genes, Genomes, and Society
Contributors: Walter Gratzer (Introduction)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Published: May 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780879695811
Subjects: Biography: general; DNA; Impact of science & technology on society; 20th century; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Dna (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); Sociology Of Science; Science; Social aspects; Science/Mathematics; Essays; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Genetics; Molecular genetics; Science and civilization
First sentence: Francis Crick-the other half of the famous partnership that lit the fuse and ignited the grand new enterprise of molecular biology-recorded in his autobiography (What Mad Pursuit) that at the time of their great discovery his friend Jim Watson was generally regarded as too bright to be sound.
Description: A principal architect and visionary of the new biology, a Nobel Prize-winner at 34 and best-selling author at 40 (The Double Helix), James D. Watson had the authority, flair, and courage to take an early and prominent role as commentator on the march of DNA science and its implications for society. In essays for publications large and small, and in lectures around the world, he delivered what were, in effect, dispatches from the front lines of the revolution. Outspoken and sparkling with ideas and opinions, a selection of them is collected for the first time in this volume. Their resonance with today's headlines is striking.