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Chargement... Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (original 1999; édition 2000)par Matt Ridley
Information sur l'oeuvreGénome : Autobiographie de l'espèce humaine en vingt-trois chapitres par Matt Ridley (1999)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. enjoyed it- sometimes felt the author was injecting personal opinions-but it is a popular science book so I guess that is to be expected. Great springboard to lead to further reading ( ) I read a first edition, so there was a bunch of stuff that I knew to be out of date, and probably more that I didn't notice. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have an updated version. The science itself is interesting. He's very fond of throwing in baseless conjecture and unfounded opinions, peppered with a bit of sexism and racism, for good measure. One small example off the top of my head: he said that men are less likely to have themselves tested for Huntington's (a genetic disease which is not sex-linked) because they don't care as much about their families. A very interesting, intelligent read. While I have read reviews deploring Matt Ridley for his deterministic views, I don't catch the criticism. The simple fact is, your genes do determine a particular set of futures, probabilities and potentials, it however does not determine the one future. For all the intelligence you're given by your genes, you can choose to not attend classes and be passed in knowledge by those with less genetic ability. One criticism: Ridley does let his (conservative) politics invade the science on occasion. For example, his fear of the government somehow owning his genetic code (he doesn't say what they would actually do with it) is more insidious than an insurance company or employer who can (and actually has already done so) discriminate against people despite laws that prevent such practices. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The human genome, the complete set of genes housed in twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, is nothing less than an autobiography of our species. Spelled out in a billion three-letter words using the four-letter alphabet of DNA, the genome has been edited, abridged, altered and added to as it has been handed down, generation to generation, over more than three billion years. With the first draft of the human genome due to be published in 2000, we, this lucky generation, are the first beings who are able to read this extraordinary book and to gain hitherto unimaginable insights into what it means to be alive, to be human, to be conscious or to be ill. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)599.935Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Mammals Humans Genetics, evolution, development GeneticsClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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