| Publication |
New York, Harper Perennial, 2006.
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| Description |
viii, 344pBlack Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
The mapping of the human genome has enormous implications on issues like longevity, eugenics, disease and gene therapy. Ridley recounts the history of our species from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine and probes the scientific, moral and philosophical issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome.
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| Contents |
Life
Species
History
Fate
Environment
Intelligence
Instinct
Conflict
Self-interest
Disease
Stress
Personality
Self-assembly
Pre-history
Immortality
Sex
Memory
Death
Cures
Prevention
Politics
Eugenics
Free will
Bibliography and notes
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| Standard Number |
9780060894085 Pb.
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