Genethics: The Clash between the New Genetics and Human Values - Softcover

Suzuki, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674345665 ISBN 13: 9780674345669

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Genethics is the most lucid and authoritative guide for general readers to modern genetic technology and the myriad ethical issues it raises.

About this title

About the Author:

David Suzuki, a well-known geneticist and science broadcaster, is Professor of Biology at the University of British Columbia.

Peter Knudtson is a freelance science writer based in Vancouver.

Review:

“In standard biomedical texts, mechanical processes such as replication and transcription are described with excruciating dryness. Here, metaphors animate the narrative, restoring through art some of the natural beauty of science... To the authors’ credit, they have written an excellent book that, if widely read, will provide much of the technical education and ethical sensitization needed to broaden public debate.”―Richard C. Hermann, Journal of the American Medical Association

“The discussion of genetic science is commendably clear. Suzuki and Knudtson, good writers as they are, do not merely recite the facts but tell stories that put flesh on the bones.”―Thomas H. Murray, Medical Humanities Journal

“First-rate.”―Bentley Glass, Quarterly Review of Biology

“[Suzuki and Knudtson] do an outstanding job of presenting complicated ideas to a nonscientific audience, as well as covering enough detail to satisfy those with a scientific background. [Their] presentation is balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides.”―Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

“[This] book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon.”―Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0674345665
• ISBN 13: 9780674345669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372