Book ID: CBB000471355

It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions (2000)

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Lewontin, Richard C. (Author)


New York Review Books


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xxv + 330 pp.
Language: English

Description Discusses issues dealing with genetic determinism and the interaction between biology and human society in various forms from Darwin to the present day.


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Review Lovejoy, Derek (2002) Review of "It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions". Science and Society (p. 274). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Brzović, Zdenka
Bosman, F.T. (Fredrik Theodoor)
Martynoga, Ben
Roberto Taramelli
Jones, Kathryn Maxson
Talcott, Samuel
Concepts
Molecular biology
Genetics
DNA; RNA
Genomics
Science and society
Evolution
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
Edinburgh
Americas
Germany
France
Institutions
Human Genome Project
Wellcome Trust
National Institutes of Health
Cambridge. University. Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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