The Book of Man: The Human Genome Project and the Quest to Discover Our Genetic Heritage Tapa dura - 1995

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1995. BV3 - first thus edition 259 pages index 6 1/2" by 9 1/2" A fine used book with a personal library seal impressed on the right bottom corner of the front free end paper, otherwise as new, with an as new dust jacket in a removable archival cover. Biology's equivalent of the Appolo-lunar-landing program, is audacious in scope. It aims to uncover all the 100,000 genes that control human development and to detail the DNA alphabet of each. This knowledge is already revolutionizing our fundamental self-awareness. The entire molecular process of cancer causation is now being laid out before us, while the genes responsible for inherited illnesses, imune disorders (like rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes), psychiatric disorders, and other ailments are being exposed. Sir Walter Bodmer is one of the world's most distinguished human geneticists.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Scribner, 1995-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Scribner, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Gilt lettering on black & blue boards in a blue pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 259pp.

Scribner, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. **First Scribner Edition 1995** WILL SHIP WITHIN 24-48 HOURS.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This astonishing work is the first history and analysis of the Human Genome Project, the massive international effort aimed at mapping each of the three billion molecules that make up human DNA. The authors chronicle the startling progress of this mammoth undertaking and examine the moral questions that arise from such research. As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF3