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Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science
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The untold story of the rise of the new scientific field of ancient DNA research, and how Jurassic Park and popular media influenced its development
“Fun and thought-provoking. . . . Jones builds a wry, often wise, study of science as a very human endeavor. She makes a powerful case that ancient-DNA research feeds off media attention as much as the media feeds off it.”—Victoria L. Herridge, Nature
Ancient DNA research—the recovery of genetic material from long-dead organisms—is a disciplin...
“Fun and thought-provoking. . . . Jones builds a wry, often wise, study of science as a very human endeavor. She makes a powerful case that ancient-DNA research feeds off media attention as much as the media feeds off it.”—Victoria L. Herridge, Nature
Ancient DNA research—the recovery of genetic material from long-dead organisms—is a disciplin...
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