Greenwood Publishing Group : The Gene

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-Everson's book, part of a series called Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science, is about the gene as a concept--an evolving idea whose changing nature has had a most profound impact not only on life science, but on our society and economy....Everson does a masterful job....I recommend The Gene: A Historical Perspective highly to all those interested in genetics or the history of science. —Science Books & Film

-Everson explores the historical development of scientific ideas associated with the gene. He describes the origins of genetics from ancient Greece onward, important scientific events, and those who contributed to scientific understanding, such as Darwin, Mendel, and August Weismann. Modern genetics during the twentieth century is the primary focus, with discussion of the contributions of Thomas Hunt Morgan and Watson and Crick, molecular biology, social issues and biology, the understanding of DNA, the Human Genome Project, modern debates, and ethical issues. The series aims to make concepts accessible to high school and college students and general readers. —SciTech Book News

-The origins of genetics began with the study of life and then of biology. It was only when Gregor Mendel wrote about his breeding experiments that the word genetics was coined. Tracing this development begins with Ancient and Medieval Inheritance, Renaissance and Enlightenment Views of Inheritance, Heredity in the Nineteenth Century, Gregor Mendel and the Concept of the Gene, The Gene and Unifying Biology, Molecular Biology and the Gene, The Switch to DNA, Manipulating DNA, The Human Genome Project, Genetics Today and The Gene and Ethical Issues. The final chapter on the ethical issues involving the gene will be helpful for debate teams....Appendixes include an 8-page timeline, an 11-page glossary and an 8-page bibliography. The timeline will be especially helpful to students who are trying to place their research in focus with what went before and what came after. Your biology teachers will welcome this brief introduction to the Human Genome Project. —GALE Reference for Students

About the Author

Ted Everson is the Program Manager for Biotechnology Studies in the Center for Contemporary History and Policy at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. He earned a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology from the University of Toronto, in which he explored historically the increasing use of genetic concepts and technologies in heathcare, an MS in Medical Genetics from the University of British Columbia, focusing on genetic and physical mapping of the human genome, and a BS in Biology from the University of British Columbia. In addition to several academic articles and presentations for various audiences, he is the author of Genetic Engineering: Methods, in Colin Hempstead and William Worthington, eds., Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Technology and Genetics and Molecular Biology, in Brian Baigre, ed., History of the Exact Sciences and Mathematics.

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