DNA: How Human Genetics Will Impact Your Life
- DNA
- Categories:Popular Science
- Language:Others
- Publication date:November,2019
- Pages:192
- Retail Price:（Unknown）
- Size:150mm×230mm
- Publication Place:Netherlands
- Words:（Unknown）
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- Text Color:Black and white
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Description
The first genetically modified human has already been born, but would you genetically engineer your own children? You could prevent serious illnesses and give them extra talents before they are even born. Should the police have access to citizens’ DNA? You might fear a police state, but new DNA techniques are shedding fresh light on long-unsolved murder cases. How about getting your DNA tested to learn about your ancestry? Totally fine, of course, but you might uncover something unpleasant about your grandmother’s marital fidelity.
Many things will soon become possible and we have to start thinking about the decisions we need to make. Lieven Scheire looks to the near future and lets you decide for yourself whether the prospect makes you hopeful or anxious. In the meantime, you can show off with hundreds of fascinating facts about our DNA.
Author
Lieven Scheire is a comedian, physicist and science communicator. He develops and hosts TV shows, tours on stage with an English-language scientific comedy set, and hosts events for universities and scientific or technological companies. His mix of science and comedy is unique and much appreciated by audiences. He can explain science or interview scientists, with both a thorough understanding of the topic, and witty light-heartedness. The QI team are fans, having twice invited him to the “No Such Thing as a Fish” podcast with the QI Elves. In 2015 Lieven made his Edinburgh Fringe debut (with all shows sold out), but he is no stranger to performing in the UK at high-calibre gigs such as Wikimania at the Barbican, or the ‘Pint of Science’ tour, which brought him to universities in London, Oxford and Cambridge.
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