Book description
Today we are developing a science that could change the world - for
good or ill - more quickly and more profoundly than ever before. The
science of genetics promises - or threatens - nothing less than the
creation of life.
Colin Tudge leads the reader gently through the deepest intricacies
of genetics. He traces its history. He explores its awesome power and
its current applications. And he speculates on its thrilling - or
terrifying - future. He has written an essential book for anyone
interested in the future of the human race.
Science writer Colin Tudge was born on 22 April 1943 in London,
and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He worked as a journalist
and was features editor for New Scientist magazine between 1980
and 1984, before joining the BBC where he worked on science programmes
for BBC Radio, presenting the regular programme 'Spectrum'. He is a
regular contributor to newspapers and magazines including The
Independent, The Times, Natural History and the
New Statesman. He is a former member of the Council of The
Zoological Society of London and since 1995 has been a visiting
Research Fellow of the Centre for Philosophy at the London School of
Economics.
Two of his books have been shortlisted for the COPUS/Rhone Poulence
Science Book of the Year: Last Animals at the Zoo (1991) and
The Engineer in the Garden (1993). The Day Before
Yesterday (1995) won the B. P. Conservation Book of the Year
Award. His latest book is The Secret Life of Trees (2005).
