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.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Lone Frank
EAN: 9781851688333
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 320
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HEIGHT: 216 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Oneworld Publications
DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-09-01
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GENRE: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, SCIENCE / Bioinformatics
WIDTH: 135 mm
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Book Themes:
Popular science, Genetics (non-medical), Computational biology / bioinformatics
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.