Book ID: CBB000520003

Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome (2004)

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Gee, Henry (Author)


W. W. Norton & Co.


Publication Date: 2004
Physical Details: xvi + 272 pp.; notes; index
Language: English

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Review Maienschein, Jane (2005) Review of "Jacob's Ladder: The History of the Human Genome". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 159). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Brzović, Zdenka
Martynoga, Ben
Yi, Doogab
Yesley, Michael S.
Wörmann, Stefan
Weir, Robert F.
Journals
Public Understanding of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology
Science as Culture
Leonardo
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
Troubador Publishing
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
University of Iowa Press
University of Chicago Press
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research
Norton
Concepts
Biotechnology
Genetic engineering
Human genetics
DNA; RNA
Molecular biology
Cloning of organisms
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
San Francisco (California)
Edinburgh
Zambia
Germany
European Union
Institutions
Human Genome Project
National Institute of Health (U.S.)
Stanford University
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