A Crack in Creation - The New Power to Control Evolution

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Doudna (Author) Jennifer Doudna is Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley, and co-inventor of the CRISPR technology, for which she has been awarded many of the most distinguished prizes available, including the 2015 $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. That same year she was listed among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time. In 2016 she had the rare honour of being elected a foreign member of the Royal Society. She speaks around the world about CRISPR and its implications for our future. Samuel Sternberg (Author) Samuel Sternberg received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2014, and was a member of Jennifer Doudna's laboratory from 2010 to 2015. He is a biochemist and author of numerous high-profile scientific publications on the CRISPR technology. Zusammenfassung Jennifer Doudna, the world-famous scientist behind CRISPR, `one of the most monumental discoveries in biology' (New York Times), describes its power to reshape the future of all life and warns of its use.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jennifer Doudna, Samuel Sternberg
• Verlag: Bodley Head Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.06.2017
• EAN: 9781847923820
• ISBN: 978-1-84792-382-0
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein