Sex, Drugs and DNA

Science's Taboos Confronted
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-52112-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

Reihe: Macmillan Science

Now available in paperback following huge critical acclaim. In a frank, edgy and entertaining style that pulls no punches, Michael Stebbins says what most scientists and politicians are afraid to about what research can and, perhaps more importantly, cannot deliver. He debunks the myths surrounding some of the most controversial topics in science.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stebbins, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements A Scientist's Life National Science Day Stem Cells and Cloning (No We All Can't Just Get Along) There's Sex.And Then There's Sex Genetically Modified Everything Race and other Discriminations Global Warming Bioterrorism and Other Mayhem The Coming Pandemic Drugs Healthcare A Letter to Barbara Bush Science Education How to Talk To Your Creationist Brother-in-Law About Evolution

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL STEBBINS is currently a US Congressional Fellow in Science Policy. Before that, he was Editor at Nature Genetics after being a researcher in James Watson's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA. He has written for Reuters, Discover, Seed and Popular Science Magazine and he is an advisor to SciCentral, a National Science Foundation funded science TV news feed that goes out on the ABC network.