A Life Decoded - Couverture rigide

Venter, J. Craig

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670063584 ISBN 13 : 9780670063581

Editeur : Viking Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Venter J Craig

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Maverick, publicity hound, risk-taker, brash, controversial, genius, manic, rebellious, visionary, audacious, arrogant, feisty, determined, provocative. His autobiography shows they are all justified (Nature)

An all-action autobiography (, Books of the Year Financial Times)

Craig Venter has scorched a trail through genetics . A Life Decoded is a page-turner throughout (New Scientist)

The first genetic autobiography. It is also a cracking story (, Books of the Year The Times)

The man who shook up the cosy world of scientific research . a brilliant book. Beautifully written, it is not only the most gripping but also the most important scientist's autobiography since James Watson's Double Helix (Sunday Telegraph)

Rebel, maverick, outsider and the Bono of genetics . the book is a voyage of discovery (Guardian)

May be as important a book as James D. Watson's Double Helix (, Books of the Year Sunday Times)

Few scientists have stoked the flames of debate quite like Craig Venter . A blow-by-blow journey through a frankly astonishing career (Scotsman)

'This book marks the beginning of something new. It is the first molecular biography . Venter's account is never less than engaging' Sunday Times'A wonderfully original work . brims with entertaining revelations about the feuds, fights and friendships that underlie great research projects' Financial Times Magazine

Présentation de l'éditeur

The triumphant memoir of the man behind one of the greatest feats in scientific history

Of all the scientific achievements of the past century, perhaps none can match the deciphering of the human genetic code, both for its technical brilliance and for its implications for our future. In A Life Decoded, J. Craig Venter traces his rise from an uninspired student to one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today. Here, Venter relates the unparalleled drama of the quest to decode the human genome?a goal he predicted he could achieve years earlier and more cheaply than the government-sponsored Human Genome Project, and one that he fulfilled in 2001. A thrilling story of detection, A Life Decoded is also a revealing, and often troubling, look at how science is practiced today.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Viking Pr
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670063584
• ISBN 13: 9780670063581
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 390