Ebook: Drawing the map of life: inside the Human Genome Project

Building the toolbox -- Getting started -- Scaling up -- Crisis -- Surprises -- Human variety -- The struggle for medical relevance -- Explosive innovation and daunting challenges.;In this account of the Human Genome Project, science journalist Victor McElheny profiles the key scientists involved, lays out the intellectual roots of the project and the motivations that drove it, and documents the hype that often masked genuine triumphs.