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My Beautiful Genome - Lone Frank

My Beautiful Genome

Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time

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Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2012
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-85168-914-9 (ISBN)
CHF 22,40 inkl. MwSt
What if your future could be mapped out for you. Would you want to know?
Internationally acclaimed science writer Lone Frank swabs up her DNA to provide the first truly intimate account of the new science of consumer-led genomics. She challenges the business mavericks intent on mapping every baby's genome, ponders the consequences of biological fortune-telling, and prods the psychologists who hope to uncover just how much or how little our environment will matter in the new genetic century - a quest made all the more gripping as Frank considers her family's and her own struggles with depression.

US: Lone Frank is the author of The Neurotourist: Postcards from the Edge of Brain Science (ISBN 9781851687961). She holds a PhD in neurobiology and was previously a research scientist working in the biotechnology industry in the United States. An award-winning science journalist and TV documentary presenter, she has written for such publications as Scientific American, Science, and Nature Biotechnology and is a frequent speaker at venues including Harvard Medical School, the Library of Congress, the Royal Society, and TED. UK: Lone Frank is the author of Mindfield: (ISBN ). She holds a PhD in neurobiology and was previously a research scientist in the biotechnology industry. An award-winning science journalist and TV documentary presenter, she has written for such publications as .. [ UK publications ????? or Scientific American, Science, and Nature Biotechnology]

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.5.2012
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Informatik Weitere Themen Bioinformatik
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10 1-85168-914-1 / 1851689141
ISBN-13 978-1-85168-914-9 / 9781851689149
Zustand Neuware
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