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Author: Mela Barrows Bennett Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1483488217 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 230
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Pathologist Janis Saunders heads up an investigation into a devastating plane crash. Everything adds up, with one exception: A passenger is missing from the wreckage. Saunders' obsession to solve the mystery of what happened to this beautiful young lady is driving a wedge between her and her new husband. But, no matter the cost, Saunders will either find the missing woman or prove she is dead.
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1483488217 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 230
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Pathologist Janis Saunders heads up an investigation into a devastating plane crash. Everything adds up, with one exception: A passenger is missing from the wreckage. Saunders' obsession to solve the mystery of what happened to this beautiful young lady is driving a wedge between her and her new husband. But, no matter the cost, Saunders will either find the missing woman or prove she is dead.
Author: James D. Watson Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0307521486 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 464
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Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. Watson’s lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fanciful speculations of the ancients as to why “like begets like” before skipping ahead to 1866, when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first deduced the basic laws of inheritance. But genetics as we recognize it today—with its capacity, both thrilling and sobering, to manipulate the very essence of living things—came into being only with the rise of molecular investigations culminating in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Watson shared a Nobel prize in 1962. In the DNA molecule’s graceful curves was the key to a whole new science. Having shown that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human condition—from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies—and transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of big business as well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy world full of great minds and great egos, driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages. Facing a future of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist’s awe at nature’s marvels and a humanist’s profound sympathies, DNA is destined to become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age.
Author: James D. Watson Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company ISBN: 9780321762436 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 872
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Now completely up-to-date with the latest research advances, the Seventh Edition retains the distinctive character of earlier editions. Twenty-two concise chapters, co-authored by six highly distinguished biologists, provide current, authoritative coverage of an exciting, fast-changing discipline.
Author: J. Craig Venter Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0143125907 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 239
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“Venter instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our hands.” —Publishers Weekly On May 20, 2010, headlines around the world announced one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in modern science: the creation of the world’s first synthetic lifeform. In Life at the Speed of Light, scientist J. Craig Venter, best known for sequencing the human genome, shares the dramatic account of how he led a team of researchers in this pioneering effort in synthetic genomics—and how that work will have a profound impact on our existence in the years to come. This is a fascinating and authoritative study that provides readers an opportunity to ponder afresh the age-old question “What is life?” at the dawn of a new era of biological engineering.
Author: Robert Plomin Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262357763 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 294
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A top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one of the most direct and unapologetic takes on the topic ever written” (Boston Review). In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality—the blueprint that makes us who we are. Plomin reports that genetics explains more about the psychological differences among people than all other factors combined. Nature, not nurture, is what makes us who we are. Plomin explores the implications of these findings, drawing some provocative conclusions—among them that parenting styles don't really affect children's outcomes once genetics is taken into effect. This book offers readers a unique insider’s view of the exciting synergies that came from combining genetics and psychology.
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 130014999X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
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Internist Dr. David Hunter was in Green Valley's police station. He had not planned to spend his evening giving a statement or being fingerprinted. He had only gone to his office that Saturday to pick up a file. Instead, he found a dead body in exam room three. David tells his wife, hospital pathologist Dr. Janis Saunders, that the body is that of JM Davenport, the hospital's ex-CEO. Why Davenport would even be there is as much of a mystery as his death. There is no shortage of suspects, as most of the town hated Davenport. After leaving Green Valley, he became head of the University's HMO, specializing in claims denial. One of David's partners, Dr. Jason Burd, publicly wished him dead. The evidence mounts. Jason is arrested. Can David and Janis clear their fellow doc?
Author: Alondra Nelson Publisher: Beacon Press ISBN: 0807033014 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 218
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The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know DNA is a master key that unlocks medical and forensic secrets, but its genealogical life is both revelatory and endlessly fascinating. Tracing genealogy is now the second-most popular hobby amongst Americans, as well as the second-most visited online category. This billion-dollar industry has spawned popular television shows, websites, and Internet communities, and a booming heritage tourism circuit. The tsunami of interest in genetic ancestry tracing from the African American community has been especially overwhelming. In The Social Life of DNA, Alondra Nelson takes us on an unprecedented journey into how the double helix has wound its way into the heart of the most urgent contemporary social issues around race. For over a decade, Nelson has deeply studied this phenomenon. Artfully weaving together keenly observed interactions with root-seekers alongside illuminating historical details and revealing personal narrative, she shows that genetic genealogy is a new tool for addressing old and enduring issues. In The Social Life of DNA, she explains how these cutting-edge DNA-based techniques are being used in myriad ways, including grappling with the unfinished business of slavery: to foster reconciliation, to establish ties with African ancestral homelands, to rethink and sometimes alter citizenship, and to make legal claims for slavery reparations specifically based on ancestry. Nelson incisively shows that DNA is a portal to the past that yields insight for the present and future, shining a light on social traumas and historical injustices that still resonate today. Science can be a crucial ally to activism to spur social change and transform twenty-first-century racial politics. But Nelson warns her readers to be discerning: for the social repair we seek can't be found in even the most sophisticated science. Engrossing and highly original, The Social Life of DNA is a must-read for anyone interested in race, science, history and how our reckoning with the past may help us to chart a more just course for tomorrow.
Author: Maurice Wilkins Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191578142 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 314
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The Nobel Prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA was given to three scientists - James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. It was the experimental work of Wilkins and his colleague Rosalind Franklin that provided the clues to the structure. Here, Wilkins, who died in 2004, gives us his own account of his life, his early work in physics, the tensions and exhilaration of working on DNA, and his much discussed difficult relationship with his colleague Rosalind. This is a highly readable, and often moving account from a highly distinguished scientist who played one of the key roles in the historic discovery of the molecule behind inheritance.
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett
Author: James D. Watson
Author: James D. Watson
Author: J. Craig Venter
Author: Robert Plomin
Author: Mela Barrows Bennett
Author: Robert B. Talisse
Author: Alondra Nelson
Author: Maurice Wilkins
Author: Israel Rosenfield