MY BEAUTIFUL GENOME: EXPOSING OUR GENETIC FUTURE, ONE QUIRK AT A TIME

Book ID/图书代码： 13000510B39897

English Summary/英文概要： 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 妳相信我們的命運真的藏在我們的基因裡嗎？

現代遺傳學能告訴我們過去，現在和未來嗎？難道我們的命運掌握我們的基因裡嗎？如果是的話，我們如何判讀呢？
當前的基因研究已經達到全新的轉捩點。先前一個60億的DNA基因組合，需要花費數個月及至少1萬美元經費，但現在費用可以降至美金1000以下，時間也能縮短到數週便能完成。科技的進度確實讓人讚嘆！美國連鎖藥局Walgreens甚至聲稱，未來十年，每位新生兒都能在一般的例行檢查中納入DNA的檢測。
而作者在本書中將探究這基因研究不斷進步的同時，對於我們生命及生活將產生何種重大的變化？透過基因對於我們自己將有何更多、更深的認識？性格特徵、氣質將如何重新被定義呢？還是這一切發展只是引誘更多消費行為的手段之一？
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/24/high-quality-dna.html
(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况："My Beautiful Genome covers some of the most interesting controversies in biology today, including designer babies, brain imaging and even whether or not we have free will. It’s an enthralling read." ---New Scientist

"Readers will be intrigued by Frank’s witty, engaging account of the possibilities of emerging genetic sciences as well as her thoughtful considerations of the philosophical and ethical dimensions of the widespread use of genetic data."--- Library Journal

"Before I read My Beautiful Genome I could not decide if I would ever get my genome analyzed, but now I’m sending in my spit ASAP. Lone Frank is one of the surest science writers I’ve ever read. She not only explains with great clarity the technical twists and turns of the science behind unraveling the double helix, she does so in such a page-turning, conversational style that once I started, I couldn’t stop. Read this book—your genetic future may depend on it." ---Michael Shermer, bestselling author of Why People Believe Weird Things and The Believing Brain

"I haven’t seen Lone Frank’s entire genome, but it’s obvious from the first page of My Beautiful Genome that she’s got the SKFF2 gene (Sharp as a Knife and Friggin’ Funny, Too). No decoding needed here: I love this book." Mary Roach, bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars.

"Provocative, wryly humorous, illuminating, deeply personal – if you want to know more about the world of consumer genetics, into which we appear to be unstoppably heading, this is the book for you." ---Frank Ryan, author of Virolution

Rights sold:
Denmark (Gyldendal), Germany (Hanser), Netherlands (Maven)

About the Author/作者介绍： 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 in the biotechnology industry. An award-winning science journalist and Danish TV presenter, she has written for such publications as Scientific American, Science, and Nature Biotechnology.
http://lonefrank.dk/
Lone Frank，國際知名的丹麥籍科普作家，擁有神經生物學的博士學位，曾經在產業中擔任科學研究員的工作。在丹麥常受邀上電視節目分享其研究經驗，在許多國際性的科學刊物如Scientific American, Science及 Nature Biotechnology中常見到她所發表的文章。目前已出版相關科普書籍四本。

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