{"product_id":"the-book-of-man-the-human-genome-project-and-the-quest-to-discover-our-genetic-heritage-paperback","title":"The Book of Man: The Human Genome Project and the Quest to Discover Our Genetic Heritage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Bodmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin McKie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Watson, a discoverer of the structure of DNA, described it as \"the most golden of molecules,\" the true chemical for life. Indeed, it is the essential component from which our genes are made. In it is encoded the genetic language that controls our destinies. Astonishingly powerful, just six millionths of a gram of DNA carries as much information as ten volumes of the \u003cem\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e The \"Book of Man,\" is the term used by Walter Bodmer and Robin McKie for the DNA that is the instruction set according to which all humans are made. At conception, a single cell--the fertilized egg--is produced, and it is this one cell that has the potential to form a new and unique individual under the guidance of the DNA within its nucleus. The human body is made up of a hundred million million cells of many different sorts, and all contain the inherited information that comes from that first, single cell created at fertilization. Bodmer and McKie assert that when we learn how to read DNA's pages and chapters we will obtain the information relevant to the understanding of most diseases, individual differences in behavior, and a new awareness of our own history and evolution. \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Man\u003c\/em\u003e explores how genetic information is now being read and interpreted by focusing on biology's most ambitious undertaking to date--the Human Genome Project, an attempt to uncover all the 100,000 genes that control our development and detail the DNA alphabet of each. The authors go on to wrestle with the moral and ethical issues of modern genetics, making a case for a rational appraisal of genetic engineering and for the public to become sufficiently \"DNA literate\" in order to appreciate the crucial role it plays in our lives. \u003cbr\u003e From Gregor Mendel's discovery of the laws of inheritance to the high-tech, crime-stopping power of forensics science and the fascinating but sometimes troublesome implications of the latest science of genetic engineering, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Man\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly explores and explains the quest that is changing our understanding of what it means to be a human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Human Genome Project and the Quest to Discover Our Genetic Heritage.The 'Book of Man, ' is the term used by Walter Bodmer and Robin McKie for the DNA that is the instruction set according to which all humans are made. At conception, a single cell - the fertilized egg - is produced, and it is this one cell that has the potential to form a new and unique individual under the guidance of the DNA within its nucleus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir Walter Bodmer\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the world's most distinguished human geneticists. As a former president of the Human Genome Organization, he has gained a unique perspective on how this great undertaking is progressing. \u003cstrong\u003eRobin McKie\u003c\/strong\u003e, science editor of the \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e since 1982, has followed the story of modern molecular biology's flowering and has written many articles and books on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.19 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52709943935283,"sku":"9780195114874","price":89.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/j3FBUz-fK09780195114874.webp?v=1763477665","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-book-of-man-the-human-genome-project-and-the-quest-to-discover-our-genetic-heritage-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}