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A Life Decoded
A Life Decoded
Dec 6, 2024 3:24 AM

Author:J. Craig Venter

A Life Decoded

Craig Venter is no ordinary scientist, and no ordinary man. He is the first human being ever to read their own DNA – and see the key to life itself. Yet in doing so, he rocked the establishment and became embroiled in one of the biggest controversies of our age.

This is the story of his incredible life: from teenage rebel and Vietnam medic, to daredevil sailor and maverick researcher, whose race to unravel the sequence of the human genome made him both hero and pariah. Incorporating his own genetic make-up into his story, this is an electrifying portrait of a man who pushed back the boundaries of the possible.

Reviews

Maverick, publicity hound, risk-taker, brash, controversial, genius, manic, rebellious, visionary, audacious, arrogant, feisty, determined, provocative. His autobiography shows they are all justified

—— Nature

An all-action autobiography

—— , Books of the Year , Financial Times

Craig Venter has scorched a trail through genetics … A Life Decoded is a page-turner throughout

—— New Scientist

The first genetic autobiography. It is also a cracking story

—— , Books of the Year , The Times

The man who shook up the cosy world of scientific research … a brilliant book. Beautifully written, it is not only the most gripping but also the most important scientist's autobiography since James Watson's Double Helix

—— Sunday Telegraph

Rebel, maverick, outsider and the Bono of genetics … the book is a voyage of discovery

—— Guardian

May be as important a book as James D. Watson's Double Helix

—— , Books of the Year , Sunday Times

Few scientists have stoked the flames of debate quite like Craig Venter … A blow-by-blow journey through a frankly astonishing career

—— Scotsman
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