GENOME: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPECIES IN 23 CHAPTERS
Book ID/图书代码： 04B07204
English Summary/英文概要： The genome’s been mapped.
But what does it mean?
Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Questions that will affect the rest of your life.
Genome offers extraordinary insight into the ramifications of this incredible breakthrough. By picking one newly discovered gene from each pair of chromosomes and telling its story, Matt Ridley recounts the history of our species and its ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine. From Huntington’s disease to cancer, from the applications of gene therapy to the horrors of eugenics, Matt Ridley probes the scientific, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome. It will help you understand what this scientific milestone means for you, for your children, and for humankind.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人类基因序列组终于绘制完成。
这意味着什么？
也许是新世纪以来最具影响力的科学发现，但二十三对染色体序列的出现本身，却同样为我们带来了来争议。这将给人类对于生老病死以及自由意志的认知产生深远的影响。这和我们每一个人都息息相关。
通过对于每对染色体中新发现的基因进行分析，作者不仅向我们追溯了人类的进化史，同时还对生命起源以及未来医学的趋势展开探讨。从亨廷顿症到癌症，从基因治疗的临床应用再到优生学所引发的恐慌，Matt Ridley围绕基于人类基因序列组而产生的科学、哲学以及伦理道德方面的问题进行讨论。本书将帮助读者更好地认知这一重大的科学发现为我们每一个人，及后代子孙，甚至是人类所带来的影响。(AW)
Awards/获奖情况："A lucid and exhilarating romp through our 23 human chromosomes that lets us see how nature and nature combine to make us human."---James Watson
"Among many recent books on genes, behavior and evolution, Ridley’s is one of the most informative." ---Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Clever, up-to-the-minute informative, and an altogether spellbinding read. Ridley does just what a first-rate journalist should do: get it right, make in interesting, then wisely put it all in perspective."---Sarah Hrdy, author of Mother Nature
"With riveting anecdotes, clever analogies and compelling writing, Matt Ridley makes the human genome come alive for us. I was left in awe at the wonder of the human body, and the scientists who unravel its mysteries."---Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner
Genome is a tour de force: clear, witty, timely and informed by an intelligence that sees new knowledge as a blessing and not a curse. . . . A cracking read.---Times of London
A dazzling work of popular science, offering clarity and inspiration. . . . Witty erudition.---Guardian
About the Author/作者介绍： Matt Ridley’s books have been shortlisted for six literary awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (for Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters). His most recent book, The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture, won the award for the best science book published in 2003 from the National Academies of Science. He has been a scientist, a journalist, and a national newspaper columnist, and is the chairman of the International Centre for Life, in Newcastle, England. Matt Ridley is also a visiting professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.
本书作者Matt Ridley，其作品已经成功入围来六项文学大奖。本书便入选了洛杉矶时报图书大奖。凭借其最新作品The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture一书，他荣获了美国国家科学院所颁发的2003年度最佳科学图书奖。
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