Summary
John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable setbacks and challenges from outside competitors, the ultimate success of the project can be attributed in large part to John Sulston’s own determination, passion, and scientific excellence.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552159609 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552159603 |
| Author: | John Sulston, Georgina Ferry |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
‘Unputdownable…an insider’s story of one of the century’s greatest technopolitical ventures’
‘Unputdownable…an insider’s story of one of the century’s greatest technopolitical ventures’ * Guardian *
‘Burns with a passion and a sense of injustice that I have never felt before in a book by a successful scientist…anyone who is fascinated by the politics and ethics of research should read it’ * Financial Times *
‘Our nation is much the richer for Sulston’s existence’ * Observer *
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John Sulston
Authors
John Sulston
Director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge (1993-2000), where he led the British team in their work on the Human Genome Project. Fellow of the Royal Society and knighted in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List for his contribution to science.
Georgina Ferry
Science writer and broadcaster. Author of Dorothy Hodgkin - A Life, which was short-listed for both the Duff Cooper Prize and the March Biography Award.
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