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The DNA doctor : candid conversations with James D. Watson / István Hargittai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789812770035
  • 9812770038
  • 1281918946
  • 9781281918949
  • 9786611918941
  • 6611918949
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: DNA doctor.DDC classification:
  • 572.8092 22
LOC classification:
  • QH506 .H37 2007eb
NLM classification:
  • 2008 D-689
  • WZ 100
Online resources:
Contents:
First conversation -- Second conversation -- Third conversation -- Appendix 1 : sampler of quotable Watson -- Appendix 2 : Watson through the eyes of others : a sampler -- Appendix 3 : J.D. Bernal's review of The double helix -- Appendix 4 : Watson's foreword to The road to Stockholm.
Summary: Three in-depth conversations with the Nobel laureate co-discoverer of the double helix and the first director of the Human Genome Project cover a wide range of topics, including progress in science; the scientist's role in modern life; women in science; scientific ethics; terrorism; religion; multiculturalism; and how genetics may improve human lives. Reflections by further illustrious contributors to the scientific revolution and the author's commentaries provide a glimpse into the thinking of scientists who largely determine the progress of humankind in our time.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

First conversation -- Second conversation -- Third conversation -- Appendix 1 : sampler of quotable Watson -- Appendix 2 : Watson through the eyes of others : a sampler -- Appendix 3 : J.D. Bernal's review of The double helix -- Appendix 4 : Watson's foreword to The road to Stockholm.

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Three in-depth conversations with the Nobel laureate co-discoverer of the double helix and the first director of the Human Genome Project cover a wide range of topics, including progress in science; the scientist's role in modern life; women in science; scientific ethics; terrorism; religion; multiculturalism; and how genetics may improve human lives. Reflections by further illustrious contributors to the scientific revolution and the author's commentaries provide a glimpse into the thinking of scientists who largely determine the progress of humankind in our time.

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