A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society
- ISBN-10
- 0198604289
- ISBN-13
- 9780198604280
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Author
- James D. Watson
Description
A collection of outspoken and topical essays, speeches, and reports by J. D. Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 and best-selling author of The Double Helix. These often controversial pieces cover the advance of molecular genetics, the prospect of curing cancer over the next decade, how human genetic knowledge is likely to be used, for good or bad, and Watson's early life and career.
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