The genome's been mapped.
But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Questions that will affect the rest of your life. Genome offers extraordinary insight into the ramifications of this incredible breakthrough. By picking one newly discovered gene from each pair of chromosomes and telling its story, Matt Ridley recounts the history of our species and its ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine. From Huntington's disease to cancer, from the applications of gene therapy to the horrors of eugenics, Matt Ridley probes the scientific, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome. It will help you understand what this scientific milestone means for you, for your children, and for humankind.
马特・里德利过去是《经济学家》的科技编辑、驻华盛顿记者和美国地区编辑。他是《红色皇后:性与人类本性的进化》、《美德的起源:人类本能与合作的进化》,和《借助于后天培养的自然力量:基因、经历以及造就了我们人类的一切》的作者,现居英国。
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刘菁,毕业于北京大学生物系,在美国加州理工学院取得生物学博士学位,现在美国斯坦福大学从事博士后研究工作。
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评分英国史学家埃尔顿曾言道,如果我们所思、所为、所说、所经受的任何东西没有留下痕迹的话,就等于这些事实没有发生过。冬至已过,小寒将到,每每夜行杭城,除了夜深静谧下袭人的寒意,更有时而的凛冽寒风。感恩于上天这份独到的赐予,让我意坚笃行,有独自的时间让思绪随...
评分 评分我整理了一下《基因组:人种自传23章》的一些精华点 首发地址:http://xueqiu.com/3167081651/25857487 这是我的一些感想或总结: 每个人的每个细胞里都有2份文件,大约有30亿个字母,它是数码格式的,也是逻辑方式的。 人体大约有1000万亿个细胞,大脑大约有1000亿个细胞,...
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思想清晰,表达顺畅。
评分Possibly one of the most interesting and thought provoking science non-fiction books I've ever read. It's not just a book about genetic science and technology, but also about the many philosophical questions our genome forces us to contemplate. [What is free will outside of our genetic blueprint? Who is the captain of this ship I call myself?]
评分Gay的舅舅也是Gay的可能性大。
评分Gay的舅舅也是Gay的可能性大。
评分以为是硬科学 哪知道是故事会 完全忘记生物了的可以看
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