Race Decoded The Genomic Fight for Social Justice

Name: Race Decoded The Genomic Fight for Social Justice
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ISBN: 9780804774086

ISBN-10: 0804774080

ISBN-13: 9780804774086

Edition: 2012

Authors: Catherine Bliss

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In 2000, with the success of the Human Genome Project, scientists declared the death of race in biology and medicine. But within five years, many of these same scientists had reversed course and embarked upon a new hunt for the biological meaning of race. Drawing on personal interviews and life stories,Race Decodedtakes us into the world of elite genome scientists—including Francis Collins, director of the NIH; Craig Venter, the first person to create a synthetic genome; and Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, among others—to show how and why they are formulating new ways of thinking about race.In this original exploration, Catherine Bliss reveals a paradigm…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 5/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The New Science of Race



Making Science Racial



The Sociogenomic Paradigm



Making Sense of Race with Values



Everyday Race-Positive



Activism and Expertise



The Enduring Trouble in with Race


Notes


Index