Below are a number of books and articles on the Human Genome Project, mostly
written for the intelligent lay audience:
AUTHOR Olson, Maynard V.
TITLE The human genome project
APPEARS IN National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings
vol 90 no 10 (May 15, 1993) pp 4338-4344
(a clear recent summary, with extensive bibliography
tracing 5 years of journal literature)
(the next 5 books are reviewed in a long article by R.C. Lewontin:
"The dream of the human genome". New York Review of Books
May 28, 1992 pp 31-40)
TITLE The Code of codes : scientific and social issues in the human
genome project / edited by Daniel J. Kevles and Leroy Hood.
PUBLISHER Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.
SUBJECT Human Genome Project --Moral and ethical aspects.
Human Genome Project --Social aspects.
Leyburn Library RB155 .C575 1992
AUTHOR National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Mapping and
Sequencing the Human Genome.
TITLE Mapping and sequencing the human genome / Committee on Mapping
and Sequencing the Human Genome, Board on Basic Biology,
Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
PUBLISHER Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
SUBJECT Chromosome mapping.
Human genetics.
Leyburn Library QH445.2 .N38 1988
AUTHOR Davis, Joel, 1948-
TITLE Mapping the code : the Human Genome Project and the choices of
modern science / Joel Davis.
PUBLISHER New York : Wiley, c1990.
SUBJECT Human Genome Project.
Human gene mapping --Moral and ethical aspects.
Human gene mapping --Political aspects.
Leyburn Library QH445.2 .D38 1990
AUTHOR Bishop, Jerry E., 1931-
TITLE Genome : the story of the most astonishing scientific adventure
of our time--the attempt to map all the genes in the human body
/ Jerry E. Bishop & Michael Waldholz.
PUBLISHER New York, N.Y. : Simon and Schuster, c1990.
SUBJECT Human Genome Project --Popular works.
Genetic disorders --Popular works.
Gene therapy --Popular works.
Chromosome mapping --Popular works.
Leyburn Library RB155.5 .B57 1990
AUTHOR Wills, Christopher.
TITLE Exons, introns, and talking genes : the science behind the Human
Genome Project / Christopher Wills.
PUBLISHER [New York] : BasicBooks, c1991.
SUBJECT Human Genome Project.
Medical genetics --Popular works.
Molecular genetics --Popular works.
Exons (Genetics) --Popular works.
Introns --Popular works.
Leyburn Library RB155 .W54 1991
(recent discussions of legal and ethical issues:
TITLE Gene mapping : using law and ethics as guides / edited by George
J. Annas, Sherman Elias.
PUBLISHER New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
SUBJECT Human gene mapping --Moral and ethical aspects.
Human gene mapping --Law and legislation.
Human Genome Project.
Leyburn Library RB155 .G3585 1992
AUTHOR United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary.
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks.
TITLE The genome project : the ethical issues of gene patenting :
hearing before the the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and
Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States
Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, on issues
relating to genetic research and biotechnology, focusing on the
ethical implications of gene patenting, September 22, 1992.
PUBLISHER Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of
Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1993.
Leyburn-Govt. Docs. Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.102-1134
(other general treatments:
AUTHOR Shapiro, Robert, 1935-
TITLE The human blueprint : the race to unlock the secrets of our
genetic script / Robert Shapiro.
PUBLISHER New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.
SUBJECT Human Genome Project --Popular works.
Human gene mapping --Popular works.
Leyburn Library QH445.2 .S53 1991
TITLE The Human genome [videorecording.]
PUBLISHER Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990.
DESCRIPT 1 videocassette (VHS) (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SUMMARY The search for the one specific disease-causing gene among a
hundred thousand genes clustered on 23 pairs of chromosomes-a
maze called the human genome.
SUBJECT Genomes.
Leyburn-Circ.-Video QH447 .H9 1990
AUTHOR Lee, Thomas F.
TITLE The Human Genome Project : cracking the genetic code of life /
Thomas F. Lee.
PUBLISHER New York : Plenum Press, c1991.
SUBJECT Human Genome Project.
Leyburn Library QH447 .L44 1991
(an early statement of the Human Genome Project mandate:
TITLE Mapping our genes : genome projects--how big, how fast? /
Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment.
PUBLISHER Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1988]
SUBJECT Chromosome mapping.
Human genetics.
Leyburn Library QH445.2 .M36 1988