Word: lear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...care about recombinant DNA? John Lear's new book explains passionately and convincingly why people who don't know the first thing about genetics should care about genetic research...
...political wrangling that has surrounded recombinant DNA experiments has forced scientists to face the issue of accountability to the public that funds their experiments. Lear documents how some scientists have struggled to avoid this responsibility, and his detailed presentation of the political battle as well as his clear explanation of its scientific background make this book important reading for the layman...
...bacteria, which live in the human gut, but if these hybrid organism were to escape from the laboratory, they could enter the human body and resist its normal immunological defenses. To their credit, scientists engaged in this research were the first to sound the alarm in the early '70s. Lear traces the chain of events that led to regulation of DNA research based upon these scientists' recommendations, and documents these scientists' retreat from the principle of DNA research regulation. Lear is at his best when describing the intricacies of the political maneuvers. He demonstrates a flair for anecdotes that succinctly...
...Lear mixed humorors anecdotes with his pointed opinions...
...Lear said T.V. does its greatest harm by spreading the notion that "you are nothing if you're not number...