Mapping the Code
Published on 13. March 1991
Book
Hardback
294 pages
978-0-471-50383-5 (ISBN)
Description
A giant step for medicine, or the most serious threat to our individual freedoms yet? From the start, the American Human Genome Project has given rise to intense in-fighting and intrigue within the scientific establishment, the investment world and every branch of US government. This book provides an account of the ethically and politically complex scientific undertaking and embraces political and social issues.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-50383-5 (9780471503835)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Territory, and the Map. In the Beginning. Maps, Splices, and a ''Moratorium.'' Momentum. Small Science, Big Science. ''Owning'' the International Genome. Collaboration, Controversy, and Computers. The Forms of Things Unknown. Of Ethics and Trust. Selected Bibliography. Glossary of Terms. Index.