Making genes, making waves : a social activist in science / Jon Beckwith.

In 1969, Jon Beckwith and his colleagues succeeded in isolating a gene from the chromosome of a living organism. Announcing this startling achievement at a press conference, Beckwith took the opportunity to issue a public warning about the dangers of genetic engineering. Jon Beckwith's book, th...

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Main Author: Beckwith, Jonathan R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
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