by Jerry E. Bishop, Michael Waldholz · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401240553
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«Genoma» is the popular science essay by Jerry E. Bishop and Michael Waldholz, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (420 pages, in Spanish).
The book narrates the scientific race to decipher the human genome and map the body's genetic blueprint. Bishop and Waldholz explain how this research could revolutionise the prevention and cure of diseases, and what social and private dilemmas arise when individual genetic profiles reveal health, illness and behaviour.
Original work in English «Genome» (1990); this Spanish edition belongs to the Saber Más collection. Awarded the Prismas Casa de las Ciencias Prize for Science Communication (1993).
For readers interested in the history of science, genetics and science communication, and in the social implications of biomedicine.
