Books about genetics and genetic engineering

Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present by Diane B. Paul
    This is a very scholarly and somewhat boring book.  It's all about eugenics--the arguments for and against--throughout history.  I found it to be too repetitious and disliked the fact that the author cops out, asking tough questions, but never providing answers.

GENETHICS: MORAL ISSUES IN THE CREATION OF PEOPLE by David Heyd

QUEST FOR PERFECTION: The Drive to Breed Better Human Beings by Gina Maranto

Unzipped Genes: Taking Charge of Baby-Making in the New Millennium by Martine Rothblatt

The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities  by Philip Kitcher

Improving Nature?: The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering by Michael Reiss
and Roger Straughan

Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard
Dawkins

LIVING WITH OUR GENES: Why They Matter More Than You Think by Dean Hammer and
Peter Copeland (H&C)

The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability by Arthur Jensen (1998)

Genethics : The Clash Between the New Genetics and Human Values
by David Suzuki, Peter Knudtson
 
 
     
   


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