Making Genes, Making Waves
Subtitle: A Social Activist in Science
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: October 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780674009288
Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); Impact of science & technology on society; Social aspects; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Genetic Research; Sociology Of Science; United States; Science; Biography / Autobiography; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Beckwith, Jonathan R; Biography; Geneticists; Political activists
Description: "In 1969, Jon Beckwith and his colleagues succeeded in isolating a gene from the chromosome of a living organism. Announcing this startling achievement at a press conference, Beckwith took the opportunity to issue a public warning about the dangers of genetic engineering.

Jon Beckwith's book, the story of a scientific life on the front line, traces one remarkable man's dual commitment to scientific research and social responsibility over the course of a career spanning most of the postwar history of genetics and molecular biology."--BOOK JACKET.