Synopses & Reviews
Review
"[This] book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon."
--Booklist"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"[Suzuki and Knudtson] do an outstanding job of presenting complicated ideas toa 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"First-rate."
--Bentley Glass, Quarterly Review of BiologyReview
[This] book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon. Booklist
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
Review
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. Journal of the American Medical Association
Review
[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. Thomas H. Murray - Medical Humanities Journal
Review
First-rate. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
Synopsis
Genethics is the most lucid and authoritative guide for general readers to modern genetic technology and the myriad ethical issues it raises.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index.
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.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
The Legacy of Genes
Dance of the Genes
The Dances of the Chromosomes
Genes in Populations
The New Choreography
The Mystery of the Man with Too Many Ys
Privacy and the Human Genome
The 'Moral Difference" between Somatic and Germ Cells
A Dark Side of the New Genetics
Developing a Sensitivity to the Sufferings of Genes
The Curious Case of the Crown Gall Bacterium
In Praise of Genetic Diversity
Deciphering the Human Genome
Epilogue: Searching for a New Mythology
Glossary
For Further Reading
Index