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The Code of Codes Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project

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Author: Kevles, Daniel J. And Leroy Hood, Edited By
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The ultimate goal of the pioneering project outlined in this book is to map our genome--the key to what makes us human--in detail. The Code of Codes is a collective exploration of the substance and possible consequences of th is project in relation to ethics, law, and society.

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Harvard University Press, 1992. State crime lab stamps on front endpage and half title and title pages, faint crease line down spine, top rear corner bent about 1/2" from tip, corner tips rubbed. 397 pages.. 5th Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title The Code of Codes Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project
Author Kevles, Daniel J. And Leroy Hood, Edited By
Binding Paperback
Edition 5th Printing
Condition Used - Very Good+
Pages 384
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Harvard University Press, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Publication date 1992
Features Bibliography, Glossary
Bookseller's Inventory # 017898
ISBN 9780674136465 / 0674136462
Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
Dimensions 9.17 x 6.08 x 1.01 in (23.29 x 15.44 x 2.57 cm)
Category Science
Dewey Decimal Code 174.25
Bookseller catalogues Science and Environment

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The human genome is the key to what makes us human. Composed of the many different genes found in our cells, it defines our possibilities and limitations as members of the species. The ultimate goal of the pioneering project outlined in this book is to map our genome in detail--an achievement that will revolutionize our understanding of human development and the expression of both our normal traits and our abnormal characteristics, such as disease. The Code of Codes is a collective exploration of the substance and possible consequences of this project in relation to ethics, law, and society as well as to science, technology, and medicine.

The many debates on the Human Genome Project are prompted in part by its extraordinary cost, which has raised questions about whether it represents the invasion of biology by the kind of Big Science symbolized by high-energy accelerators. While addressing these matters, this book recognizes that far more than money is at stake. Its intent is not to advance naive paeans for the project but to stimulate thought about the serious issues--scientific, social, and ethical--that it provokes. The Code of Codes comprises incisive essays by stellar figures in a variety of fields, including James D. Watson and Walter Gilbert and the social analysts of science Dorothy Nelkin and Evelyn Fox Keller. An authoritative review of the scientific underpinnings of the project is provided by Horace Freeland Judson, author of the bestselling Eighth Day of Creation.

The book's broad and balanced coverage and the expertise of its contributors make The Code of Codes the most comprehensive and compelling exploration available on this history-making project.

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