Abstract
The human genome project, the effort to map and sequence the entire human genome, may well be the most desultory big science project ever undertaken. Even though James Watson, director of the National Center for Human Research at the National Institutes of Health, has declared that the project began in October 1989, its actual scope, duration, cost, and ultimate goals remain unclear to many observers. Two new books that claim to be about the human genome project do little to elucidate these fundamental questions about the first plunge by biologists into the realm of big science. Instead, Genome, by Jerry E. Bishop and Michael Waldholz, deftly spins a technically accurate yarn that details the scientific research that has, over the past decade, revolutionized human genetics. Mapping Our Genes: The Project and the Future of Medicine, by Lois Wingerson, covers much the same territory somewhat less gracefully. Both Genome and Mapping Our Genes are ...
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