The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Confusions.
Biology now dominates scientific inquiry and the headlines, as practically every few weeks geneticists claim they have accounted for yet another human trait or ailment. However, out of complex research has come exaggerations and misunderstandings about what biology, especially genetics can tell us. This collection of essays demystifies some of the most controversial issues in the life sciences today.
It offers topics ranging from Darwin to Dolly the sheep, including biological determinism, heredity and natural selection, evolutionary psychology and altruism, sex surveys, cloning and the Human Genome project.
