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The genomes business

Correcting the Code: Inventing the Genetic Cure for the Human Body.

By Larry Thompson. Simon and Schuster: 1994. Pp. 378. $23.Dealing with Genes: The Language of Heredity. By Paul Berg and Maxine Singer. University Science Books: 1992. Pp. 269. $34, £17.95. Distributed in the UK by Blackwell Science.The Human Genome Project: Deciphering the Blueprint of Heredity. Edited by Necia Grant Cooper. University Science Books: 1994. Pp. 360. $38, £27.95. Distributed in the UK by W.H. Freeman.The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome. By Robert Cook-Deegan. Norton: 1994. Pp. 416. $25.Signs of Life: The Language and Meanings of DNA. By Robert Pollack. Houghton Mif-flin/Viking: 1994. Pp. 212. $19.95, £16.

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Judson, H. The genomes business. Nature 371, 753–754 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/371753a0

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