[美] 詹姆斯•沃森(James D. Watson)
美国著名生化学家,生于1928年。1953年发现DNA双螺旋结构,并与克里克和威尔金斯同获1962年诺贝尔生理医学奖。1986—1993年担任纽约冷泉港实验室主任;1989—1992年被任命为美国国家卫生研究院人类基因组国家研究中心第一任主任。美国国家科学院院士及英国皇家学会会员,曾荣获总统自由奖章和国家科学奖。
作者在科普领域著作甚丰,已翻译成中文的作品包括《双螺旋:发现DNA结构的故事》和《基因、女郎、伽莫夫》等。
[美] 安德鲁•贝瑞(Andrew Berry)
遗传学博士,哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆研究员。
Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond.
Watson’s lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fanciful speculations of the ancients as to why “like begets like” before skipping ahead to 1866, when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel first deduced the basic laws of inheritance. But genetics as we recognize it today—with its capacity, both thrilling and sobering, to manipulate the very essence of living things—came into being only with the rise of molecular investigations culminating in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, for which Watson shared a Nobel prize in 1962. In the DNA molecule’s graceful curves was the key to a whole new science.
Having shown that the secret of life is chemical, modern genetics has set mankind off on a journey unimaginable just a few decades ago. Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins, and of our identities as groups and as individuals. And with the insight of one who has remained close to every advance in research since the double helix, he reveals how genetics has unleashed a wealth of possibilities to alter the human condition—from genetically modified foods to genetically modified babies—and transformed itself from a domain of pure research into one of big business as well. It is a sometimes topsy-turvy world full of great minds and great egos, driven by ambitions to improve the human condition as well as to improve investment portfolios, a world vividly captured in these pages.
Facing a future of choices and social and ethical implications of which we dare not remain uninformed, we could have no better guide than James Watson, who leads us with the same bravura storytelling that made The Double Helix one of the most successful books on science ever published. Infused with a scientist’s awe at nature’s marvels and a humanist’s profound sympathies, DNA is destined to become the classic telling of the defining scientific saga of our age.
From the Hardcover edition.
《DNA:生命的秘密》----詹姆斯 沃森著。这本书是科普类书籍,但并不枯燥,反而在很多活生生的例子中让读者感到有趣,感到生动!非常推荐!科普类书籍不能强调写作技巧等细节,反而应该宏观看作者是不是能够从一个普通读者角度出发,而不是从一个获得诺贝尔奖的科学家角度来叙...
评分http://www.verycd.com/topics/139656/ 知道了一个软件英雄,Jim Kent,当然还有比如从进化论看待为什么人类基因数(3w个左右)为什么比很多东西,比如大多数植物要少,还有比如剪切酶是为什么发现的,病毒学史,一切方法论以历史缘由为佳啊。
评分了解一下未来吧,以前那个只属于上帝的领域,现在正在逐渐显露出神秘的面目。几近于娓娓道来的故事,简单易懂的表达,适合普通人阅读。你可以通过你的视角来了解当下极具争议的转基因食品,这也许是离普通人最近的地方。
评分这么大部头的书本来以为会是另外一本《时间简史》,想收藏于书架中也算是对James博士的尊敬,读过后才发现原来这本书写的故事性很强,通俗易懂,娓娓道来。生命的秘密原来每个人都可以来探索,追求。
评分《DNA:生命的秘密》----詹姆斯 沃森著。这本书是科普类书籍,但并不枯燥,反而在很多活生生的例子中让读者感到有趣,感到生动!非常推荐!科普类书籍不能强调写作技巧等细节,反而应该宏观看作者是不是能够从一个普通读者角度出发,而不是从一个获得诺贝尔奖的科学家角度来叙...
伟大的科学家,伟大的发现。
评分好喜歡 果然只有現代人寫的才讀得通一點!!
评分好喜歡 果然只有現代人寫的才讀得通一點!!
评分Well written and enjoyable to read, but it is important to know where the facts stop and where Watson begins on his opinion and views.
评分好喜歡 果然只有現代人寫的才讀得通一點!!
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