Life Decoded

J Craig Venter

RRP: £9.99

Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP

Publication Date : 30/10/2008

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Venter is no ordinary scientist: he is the first human ever to read their own DNA and see the key to life itself. But in doing so, he rocked the establishment and started one of the biggest controversies of our age, one that still rages today, and became both a hero and pariah.

Publisher's description:

Craig Venter is no ordinary scientist, and no ordinary man. He is the first human being ever to read their own DNA - and see the key to life itself. This book tells the story of his life: from teenage rebel and Vietnam medic, to sailor and maverick researcher, whose race to unravel the sequence of the human genome made him both hero and pariah.

ISBN: 9780141014418