Genetic explanations : sense and nonsense

Author(s)

• Krimsky, Sheldon
• Gruber, Jeremy

Bibliographic Information

Genetic explanations : sense and nonsense

edited by Sheldon Krimsky, Jeremy Gruber

Harvard University Press, 2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• The mismeasure of the gene / Ruth Hubbard
• Evolution is not mainly a matter of genes / Stuart A. Newman
• Genes as difference makers / Evelyn Fox Keller
• Big B, little b : myth #1 is that Mendelian genes actually exist / David S. Moore
• The myth of the machine organism : from genetic mechanisms to living beings / Stephen L. Talbott
• Some problems with genetic horoscopes / Eva Jablonka
• Cancer genes : the vestigial remains of a fallen theory / Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana M. Soto
• The fruitless search for genes in psychiatry and psychology : time to reexamine a paradigm / Jay Joseph and Carl Ratner
• Assessing genes as causes of human disease in a multicausal world / Carl F. Cranor
• Autism : from static genetic brain defect to dynamic gene-environment-modulated pathophysiology / Martha Herbert
• The prospects of personalized medicine / David Jones
• The persistent influence of failed scientific ideas / Jonathan Beckwith
• Map your own genes! the DNA experience / Susan Lindee
• Creating a "better baby" : the role of genetics in contemporary reproductive practices / Shirley Shalev
• Forensic DNA evidence : the myth of infallibility / William C. Thompson
• Nurturing nature : how parental care changes genes / Mae-Wan Ho

Details

• NCID: BB12179309
• ISBN:
  • 9780674064461
• LCCN: 2012005988
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 368 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • NLM : QU 500
  • DC23 : 616/.042
• Subject Headings:
  • MESH : Genetic Phenomena
  • MESH : Genetic Determinism
  • MESH : Interdisciplinary Communication