Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0997709308 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Luke Timmerman captures perfectly the drive, passion and ego of Lee Hood who made a huge impact on 21st Century medicine. Clifford J Stocks I very much enjoyed reading ‘Hood’ about the life of scientist Lee Hood. Luke Timmerman gives an accurate picture of the man and captured the essence of his drive, passion and ego. Dr. Hood really did make a huge difference for the biotech industry and medi. "Great read, highly recommended." according to Amazon Customer. Luke Timmerman's biography of Lee Hood works as a character study, documentation of an important time period in applied science, and as a plot-driven story. An excellent read, both well-written and highly science literate. As a subscriber to The Timmerman Report I am v. "Five Stars" according to Dindang. I can't put down the book until finish. Second, if not equal, to Steve Jobs.
"A terrific portrait, not just of Hood but science itself, both of them human, flawed, complicated and ultimately triumphant." - Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist, author of "The Poisoner's Handbook" "Timmerman captures the glory and clay feet of a great scientist, like Jim Watson did for himself in The Double Helix." - Phillip Sharp, MIT Professor, Nobel Prize-winning biologist"Timmerman captures the glory and clay feet of a great scientist, like Jim Watson did for himself in The Double Helix." - Phillip Sharp, MIT Professor, Nobel Prize-winning biologist
Never-before-reported details are drawn from the scientist's confidential files, public records, and more than 150 interviews with Hood and his family, friends, collaborators, and detractors. Some of his collaborators seethed, claiming he took too much credit. He left at age sixty-one to start his own Institute for Systems Biology. The result is not just a revealing portrait of one of the most influential biologists of our time, but a deeply human look at science itself.. He enabled scientists to see things they couldn't see before and do things they hadn't dreamed of doing. Seven years later, his impatience for rules drove him to depart. He captivated scientists with his almost religious fervor for the new biology enabled by the machines. His management style, once described as "creative anarchy," alienated many. Fellow Caltech biologists charged that his empire building was out of control and ousted him as their chairman. Would he finally achieve the ultimate application of the genome project--personalized medicine?In "Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age," journalist Luke Timmerman zeroe