001478215 000__ 07424nam\a22008175i\4500 001478215 001__ 1478215 001478215 003__ DE-B1597 001478215 005__ 20231026034851.0 001478215 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478215 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478215 008__ 220524t20212002mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478215 020__ $$a9780674020672 001478215 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674020672$$2doi 001478215 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)574303 001478215 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1257323980 001478215 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478215 0410_ $$aeng 001478215 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478215 050_4 $$aQH429.2.B38 ǂb A3 2002eb 001478215 072_7 $$aBIO015000$$2bisacsh 001478215 08204 $$a576.5092 001478215 1001_ $$aBeckwith, Jonathan R., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478215 24510 $$aMaking Genes, Making Waves :$$bA Social Activist in Science /$$cJonathan R. Beckwith. 001478215 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2021] 001478215 264_4 $$c©2002 001478215 300__ $$a1 online resource (252 p.) 001478215 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478215 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478215 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478215 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478215 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$t1 The Quail Farmer and the Scientist -- $$t2 Becoming a Scientist -- $$t3 Becoming an Activist -- $$t4 On Which Side Are the Angels? -- $$t5 The Tarantella of the Living -- $$t6 Does Science Take a Back Seat to Politics? -- $$t7 Their Own Atomic History -- $$t8 The Myth of the Criminal Chromosome -- $$t9 It's the Devil in Your DNA -- $$t10 I'm Not Very Scary Anymore -- $$t11 Story-Telling in Science -- $$t12 Geneticists and the Two Cultures -- $$t13 The Scientist and the Quail Farmer -- $$tBibliography -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001478215 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478215 520__ $$aIn 1969, Jon Beckwith and his colleagues succeeded in isolating a gene from the chromosome of a living organism. Announcing this startling achievement at a press conference, Beckwith took the opportunity to issue a public warning about the dangers of genetic engineering. Jon Beckwith's book, the story of a scientific life on the front line, traces one remarkable man's dual commitment to scientific research and social responsibility over the course of a career spanning most of the postwar history of genetics and molecular biology. A thoroughly engrossing memoir that recounts Beckwith's halting steps toward scientific triumphs--among them, the discovery of the genetic element that turns genes on--as well as his emergence as a world-class political activist, Making Genes, Making Waves is also a compelling history of the major controversies in genetics over the last thirty years. Presenting the science in easily understandable terms, Beckwith describes the dramatic changes that transformed biology between the late 1950s and our day, the growth of the radical science movement in the 1970s, and the personalities involved throughout. He brings to light the differing styles of scientists as well as the different ways in which science is presented within the scientific community and to the public at large. Ranging from the travails of Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb to the Human Genome Project and recent "Science Wars," Beckwith's book provides a sweeping view of science and its social context in the latter half of the twentieth century.Table of Contents: 1. The Quail Farmer and the Scientist 2. Becoming a Scientist 3. Becoming an Activist 4. On Which Side Are the Angels? 5. The Tarantella of the Living 6. Does Science Take a Back Seat to Politics? 7. Their Own Atomic History 8. The Myth of the Criminal Chromosome 9. It's the Devil in Your DNA 10. I'm Not Very Scary Anymore 11. Story-Telling in Science 12. Geneticists and the Two Cultures 13. The Scientist and the Quail Farmer Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Reviews of this book: In 1969, a Harvard Medical School group headed by Jon Beckwith accomplished a first in molecular biology--the isolation of a gene.When their paper appeared in Nature, they held an extraordinary press conference in which they described their work and warned of the danger that it might lead to.The press conference received international media coverage, and Beckwith found himself embarked on a double career--a continuing one in research and a new one of social activism in science. His Making Genes, Making Waves is an absorbing account of how these two strands in his life were woven into a durable braid. The prose is straightforward, and Beckwith is refreshingly frank, revealing the divagations and doubts that marked his course in research.--Daniel J. Kevles, American ScientistReviews of this book: In this beautifully written autobiography, Beckwith.vividly describes aspects of the 'cultural revolution in science that molecular biology brought with it,' epitomized by.major public controversies about genetics in the United States from the 1960s.Beckwith has portrayed a fascinating period in the history of modern biology and of the interaction of science and society in the Western world. Thanks to him and other activists, social injustices resulting from the application of genetics are now widely discussed and, in democracies, meet with legal measures and regulation. In this book Beckwith, a committed scientist.calls for greater humility about what science can and cannot accomplish. This is a call that scientists would do well to take seriously.--Ute Deichmann, NatureReviews of this book: Jon Beckwith in Making Genes, Making Waves reminds us that he first warned about the social impact of genetic engineering bac 001478215 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478215 546__ $$aIn English. 001478215 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. 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