James D. Watson. (2017). DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution. Unabridged Books on Tape.

James D. Watson. 2017. DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution. Books on Tape.

James D. Watson, DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution. Books on Tape, 2017.

James D. Watson. DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2017.

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   • bioText: JAMES D. WATSON was director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York from 1968 to 1993 and is now its chancellor emeritus. He was the first director of the National Center for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes of Health from 1989 to 1992. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, he has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, and, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
     
     ANDREW BERRY is a lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. A writer and teacher, he is the editor of a collection of the writings of the Victorian biologist Alfred Russel Wallace, Infinite Tropics.
     
     KEVIN DAVIES is the author of The $1,000 Genome and Cracking the Genome. He is the founding editor of NatureGenetics, the world's leading genetics journal, and Bio-IT World magazine. He is the former publisher of Chemical & Engineering News.
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The definitive insider's history of the genetic revolution—significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade.
James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from the discovery of the double helix to today's controversies to what the future may hold. Updated to include new findings in gene editing, epigenetics, agricultural chemistry, as well as two entirely new chapters on personal genomics and cancer research. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative exploration of DNA's impact—practical, social, and ethical—on our society and our world.

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   • content: The father of DNA tracks the genetic essence from its discovery fifty years ago to today's practical uses of that knowledge in solving crimes, producing proteins to fight disease, and engineering food plants that resist insects without using pesticides. The author, the first director of the Human Genome Project, reports an insider's memories of one of the most important and ambitious scientific projects ever undertaken. Professor Watson himself reads the introduction, and Bill Meisle narrates the remainder with expression and vigor, never faltering with the abundant technical vocabulary. The audiobook's sophistication will tantalize those who delight in science. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
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   • content: This is not a book that lends itself to an interesting audio performance. It is strictly a journalistic narration. Reader Dan Cashman is clear and concise, and that's really all that's necessary. In terms of the book itself, Watson, who won the Nobel prize for identifying the structure of DNA, makes some interesting observations about the politics of current genetic research and the economics of medical patent-holding on sections of the genome. His comments should serve as a wake-up call in light of the ever increasing cost of drugs and health care. But Watson's elitism strikes a jarring note. There's he and his Nobel-winning cronies and then there's the rest of us, a bit farther down the evolutionary scale, and the message seems to be that we ought to let them alone make the important decisions about the future of scientific study. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
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     Starred review from March 3, 2003
     Who better than James Watson to lead a guided tour of DNA? When he and his English colleague, Francis Crick, discovered the double helix structure of the DNA molecule in 1953, little could they imagine that a mere 50 years later scientists would be putting the finishing touches on a map of the human genome. In this magisterial work, Watson, who won the Nobel Prize with Crick for their discovery, guides readers through the startling and rapid advances in genetic technology and what these advances will mean for our lives.Watson covers all aspects of the genome, from the layout of four simple bases on the DNA molecule through their complex construction into genes, then to the mechanisms whereby proteins produced by genes create our uniquely human characteristics—as well as the genetic mutations that can cause illnesses or inherited diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington's disease.Watson may have mellowed a little over the years since he displayed his youthful brashness in The Double Helix,
     but he still isn't shy about taking on controversial subjects. He criticizes biotech corporations for patenting genes, making diagnostic medical procedures horribly expensive and damping further basic research. He notes that while China and other countries with large populations to feed have eagerly grasped the potential of genetically modified foodstuffs, America squandered $100 million on a recall of taco shells and the genetically modified corn used in them. He pleads passionately for the refinement and widespread use of prenatal genetic testing. Watson will probably provoke the most controversy with his criticism of scientists, corporations and government funding sources for their avoidance of important areas of research—notably the genetics of skin coloration—for political reasons. Every reader who wants to understand their own medical future will want to read this book. 100 color and b&w illus. 150,000 first printing; BOMC and History Book Club selection. (Apr. 7)FYI:A five-part PBS series on DNA featuring Watson will air later this year.

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