DNA and the bud of humanity

Author: Wang Xiuying
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: On June 26, 2000, U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair jointly announced to the world via satellite that the basic map of the human genome had been completed. This achievement holds as much significance for humanity as the Apollo moon landing and the Manhattan Project. The benefits and drawbacks it brings to humanity are astonishing, marking the beginning of humanity's understanding of itself and the start of a higher-level tragedy and comedy of human existence. This book tells the general readers about the entire process of human research into the essence of life, presenting for the first time in China the behind-the-scenes story of the DNA structure's revelation through the oral history of DNA discoverers, challenging traditional scientific history. Based on newly released materials, it popularly showcases the human genome sequence map, its deciphering process, and the gene sequencing map of human's 23 pairs of chromosomes. As a result, topics previously only of interest to professional scientists should now become part of popular knowledge. Currently, all mysteries surrounding genes can be found in this book.