Ancient DNA : the making of a celebrity science / Elizabeth D. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Elizabeth D., author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DNA.

Medical Subjects:

DNA.

Genre:

Dust jackets (Binding)

Physical Description:

xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Ancient DNA research-the recovery of genetic material from ancient and extinct organisms-is a discipline that developed from science fiction into reality between the 1980s and today. Drawing on historical and archival material, as well as original interviews with more than fifty scientists worldwide, Elizabeth Jones explores the field's formation and explains its relationship with the media by examining its close connection to de-extinction, the science and technology of resurrecting extinct species. She reveals how the search for DNA from fossils flourished under the influence of intense press and public interest, particularly as this new line of research coincided with the book and movie Jurassic Park. This book presents the first historical and sociological account of the search for DNA from ancient and extinct organisms with attention to the intimate interplay between science and celebrity.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Before Jurassic Park

2. Ideas to Experiments

3. Testing Limits

4. Dinosaur DNA

5. Imposing limits

6. Contamination

7. Ancient Genetics to Ancient Genomics

8. Celebrity as Identity

9. Celebrity as Strategy

10. Jurassic Park Effect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0300240120

9780300240122

OCLC:

1245472218