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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. A thoroughly engrossing memoir that recounts Beckwith's halting steps toward scientific triumphs - among them, the discovery of the genetic element that turns genes on - as well as his emergence as a world-class political activist, "Making Genes, Making Waves" is also a compelling history of the major controversies in genetics over d

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Full title: Making Genes, Making Waves
• Subtitle: A Social Activist in Science
• Author: Jon Beckwith
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 254
• EAN: 9780674009288
• ID: 04634390
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Weight: 449 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 140 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. October 2002

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