| View Larger Image | The Genomics Age: How DNA Technology Is Transforming the Way We Live and Who We Are | Hardcoverby Gina Smith (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | AMACOM | | Edition: | 1stst Edition | | Page Count: | 240 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 05, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 755,748th |
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In the history of mankind, few scientific phenomena have so profoundly changed the human experience as will the revolution in the use of DNA technology. Entertaining, informative, and written in plain English, The Genomics Age explores how recent leaps in the understanding of DNA offer astounding scientific promises -- and pose complex ethical issues. The Genomics Age probes the fundamental questions borne of advances in applied DNA science: Can we finally conquer cancer -- once and for all? Will we ever bridge the ideological and political divides in the stem cell debate? Does the rush to develop anti-aging drugs mean we are on the verge of finding the fountain of youth? As we genetically eliminate disease and pick and choose the attributes of our children, will knowing the code of life change what it means to be human? This groundbreaking work also discusses the rapidly expanding use of DNA technology to solve crimes, the business of genomics, and the implications for the economy and the investment community. As society grapples with the enormous challenge of a truly new frontier, we must all educate ourselves about the "what," even as we seek to answer the infinitely larger question of "why." The Genomics Age is the perfect place to begin. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 10 reviews)
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Bravo, Gina!! by Dr. Renneberg Reinhard (Hong Kong, China)  5 Stars
March 09, 2008
I am biotechnology professor in Hong Kong teaching Chinese students and writing books for beginners and students myself. So I can truly appreciate Gina Smith' s book. I cannot agree at all with some negative reviews here. The book is a magnificient opus and badly needed, especially for the often ill-informed US readers. I am using the book now for my Introduction to Biotechnology course and let the students read the original.
I would hope it is available soon in German language also for my "blue-eye" obese and unfit countrymen who on one hand use recombinant insulin, antidepressants and novel anti-cancer drugs and reach an ever higher age and lamenting on the other hand against modern bioscientific progress.
Bravo, genius Gina!!
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Nice guide to current topics in science! by Janet Wirth  4 Stars
December 03, 2006
Gena Smith's new book, "The Genomics Age," is a clear guide that explains in layman's terms the current hot topics in the scientific world. Though not a scientist, Smith is well-known as the former technology correspondent for ABC and her radio shows. The book is a great guide to the debate on stem cells that's all over the news, and she writes wonderfully on the possible applications in the future of genomics and stem cells.
This book is an excellent demystifier for all the gene, genomics, and DNA topics in the news. It discusses bioethics and the ramifications and consequences of the "genomics" revolution coming about in our world. This book will give you a good understanding of things like what it means for the government to keep a database of DNA and other bio-features. I highly recommend this book.
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Zzzzz.... by A. Fielding (Seattle, WA, USA)  2 Stars
September 24, 2006
I bought this book a couple years back when a friend recommended it. I haven't ever taken so long to complete a book but finally, last week, two years later, I completed it.
I had never made it past 5 pages without falling asleep; thanks to this book, my sleeping medication is something I haven't had to take in a long time. I am very very upset that this book is done... Now, I have to read chapters at a time of other books to feel as tired as I do with this one.
Seriously, most of this review is 100% true. This might be a very good history book of DNA research but it's about as much fun as having a root canal while being gang raped in a prison shower. If you have to read this book for some reason, I suppose it is filled with the facts. If you don't have to read this book... Well... It's not much fun. Oh, there are lots of very BIG words though.
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Gina makes it simple by Mark H. Goldstein (marin, ca) 5 Stars
December 05, 2005
I dont know a thing about DNA, except what I get from CSI-NY. Gina makes my feeble DNA-challenged mind get it and now understand why its so important.
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Plain language explanation of an interesting field by Jay McCarthy (Provo, UT) 4 Stars
April 05, 2005
I am not an expert in the field of genetics, nor in biology and related fields. Yet, I am generally interested in such things. Gina Smith's book solves my problem of not being able to read cutting-edge research and not wanting to continually gather articles from magazines and newspapers (because genetics is only _one_ of my interests.) I felt like I learned a lot and recalibrated my expectations of what is possible with the insights of this field.
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