Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

by M. Stebbins
Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

by M. Stebbins

Paperback(2006)

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230521124
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 01/01/2006
Series: Macmillan Science
Edition description: 2006
Pages: 354
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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
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