Mapping the Code

Joel Davis

ISBN 10: 0471503835 / ISBN 13: 9780471503835

Published by John Wiley, 1990

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Condition Notes: Very slightly ruffled edges of DJ otherwise a very well presented copy; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over ; Measures 9¼" x 6" (0.8 kg); pp 294; Index; Mixes hard science with human drama and history to bring readers the first behind-the-scenes look at the largest, most controversial scientific under- taking since the Manhattan Project. Who will have access to the human code? Can or should it be bought and sold? How much is too much manipulation? How could unlocking the genetic code infringe on individual freedoms and could it lead to genetic discrimination? || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #148909 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mapping the Code
• Publisher: John Wiley
• Publication Date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0471503835
• ISBN 13: 9780471503835
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

A giant step for medicine or the most serious threat to personal freedom yet? A cure for cancer or an invitation to genetic discrimination and the search for a master race? Here, not a minute too soon, is a behind-the-scenes account of the Human Genome Project, the most ethically and politically complex scientific undertaking of this generation. Dubbed the ``Holy Grail of Biology,'' the Genome Project will occupy over the next five to 15 years a majority of the best public and private labs and cost more than the GNP of many nations. This book separates fact from fiction, identifies the real moral issues in the debate, and captures the drama--as well as the intrigue and infighting--that has riveted the scientific establishment throughout.

Reviews

In contrast to Lois Wingerson's Mapping Our Genes ( LJ 6/1/90) and Jerry Bishop and Michael Waldholz's Genome ( LJ 7/90), both largely journalistic accounts that dwell on the medical implications of the Human Genome Project, Davis's book focuses more on the project's scientific, technical, and political aspects. This project is actually numerous projects--some of which are competing, and others of which are purely commercial enterprises--all operating under the umbrella of the biggest "Big Science" undertaking ever conceived in the biological sciences. This is the strongest of the three books at depicting the scientific processes and, because of this emphasis, there is relatively little substantive overlap with the other two. This text can be somewhat technical, but readers who want a complete and detailed account of the project will find it only here. Bishop and Waldholz's book will serve as the preferred popular account.
- Gregg Sapp, Montana State Univ. Lib., Bozeman
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