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ABOUT THE BOOK:-
In February 1997 a group of Scottish livestock scientists announced that they had cloned a lamb using a cell from an adult sheep. "When the time comes to write the history of our age, this quiet birth, the creation of this little lamb, will stand out," says award-winning science writer Gina Kolata. In Clone, she gives a clear account of the technical background to Dolly`s birth, but what makes the book really shine is her coverage of the history and social conflicts of cloning. She weaves stories of fraud, scandal, irreproducible results, and pig-headed determination into a solid framework of philosophy, science, and ethics.
Review
...lucidly separates science fact from fiction, reconstructs the history of scientific developments that led to Dolly`s creation and offers a thoughtful overview of the potential pitfalls attending the discovery... With skill and dispatch, Kolata has written what, when the true import of this discovery becomes clear in years to come, may well be regarded as a crucial first chapter in the most important science story of the next century.... It is fast off the mark, accurate, diligent and comprehensive. -- The Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, Robert Lee Hotz
...one of the best science reporters in America ... Kolata does a particularly good job of describing the science that led up to Dolly. -- Reason, Ronald Bailey
Kolata writes in the tradition of scientific journalism rather than as a philosopher or prescribing moralist. She objectively quotes varying opinions and raises more questions than she answers. She provides a very clear and fair account of how and why the research proceeded to the cloning of an adult animal... -- The New York Times Book Review, John R.G. Turner
There is a lot to recommend this book. First, it provides a very useful account of the complex story of cloning animals from the nucleus of "adult" somatic cells from the philosophical, psychological, scientific and historical points of view. Secondly, woven through the fabric of this engaging story are mini-portraits of some of the key personalities (scientists, writers and philosophers) who have had significant roles either in the dramatic unfolding of the mystery of how single cells "mature" into full human beings or in the ongoing struggle to understand what gives humans their identity. -- New ScientistISBN - 9780688156923
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