More than thirty years later, in his home in Palo Alto, John Pierce disposes concisely and precis... more More than thirty years later, in his home in Palo Alto, John Pierce disposes concisely and precisely of questions about his pioneering days,tugging all the while at a bushy eyebrow. With his sloppy yellow Labrador retriever in attendance, Pierce reminisces politely about Echo and Telstar. Clearly, he has told the story many times, and he says, “I prefer to look forwards rather than back.”
Durant dix ans, le Royaume-Uni a ete l'un des principaux acteurs du sequencage des genomes, n... more Durant dix ans, le Royaume-Uni a ete l'un des principaux acteurs du sequencage des genomes, notamment grâce au centre Sanger de Hinxton, pres de Cambridge. Comment le pays aborde-t-il aujourd'hui l'ere de l'exploitation des genomes, la « post-genomique » ?.
En Europe, on est fort loin d'un soutien massif de la societe aux biotechnologies, meme si l&... more En Europe, on est fort loin d'un soutien massif de la societe aux biotechnologies, meme si l'accueil du public differe d'un pays a l'autre. Mais, en general, les reactions des Europeens vis-a-vis des OGM sont tellement complexes qu'elle donnent lieu a des interpretations divergentes.
Lucretius sought rational, deterministic explanations for the weather. These turned out to be wro... more Lucretius sought rational, deterministic explanations for the weather. These turned out to be wrong, but one suspects that the Roman philosopher may have guessed this for himself. He wrote that it was better to venture on an incorrect rational explanation than to submit to superstition: no sacrifices for him to propitiate the gods. And no sacrifices, except of time and effort, for those who during the past hundred years or so have wrestled to turn meteorology into a science.
More than thirty years later, in his home in Palo Alto, John Pierce disposes concisely and precis... more More than thirty years later, in his home in Palo Alto, John Pierce disposes concisely and precisely of questions about his pioneering days,tugging all the while at a bushy eyebrow. With his sloppy yellow Labrador retriever in attendance, Pierce reminisces politely about Echo and Telstar. Clearly, he has told the story many times, and he says, “I prefer to look forwards rather than back.”
Durant dix ans, le Royaume-Uni a ete l'un des principaux acteurs du sequencage des genomes, n... more Durant dix ans, le Royaume-Uni a ete l'un des principaux acteurs du sequencage des genomes, notamment grâce au centre Sanger de Hinxton, pres de Cambridge. Comment le pays aborde-t-il aujourd'hui l'ere de l'exploitation des genomes, la « post-genomique » ?.
En Europe, on est fort loin d'un soutien massif de la societe aux biotechnologies, meme si l&... more En Europe, on est fort loin d'un soutien massif de la societe aux biotechnologies, meme si l'accueil du public differe d'un pays a l'autre. Mais, en general, les reactions des Europeens vis-a-vis des OGM sont tellement complexes qu'elle donnent lieu a des interpretations divergentes.
Lucretius sought rational, deterministic explanations for the weather. These turned out to be wro... more Lucretius sought rational, deterministic explanations for the weather. These turned out to be wrong, but one suspects that the Roman philosopher may have guessed this for himself. He wrote that it was better to venture on an incorrect rational explanation than to submit to superstition: no sacrifices for him to propitiate the gods. And no sacrifices, except of time and effort, for those who during the past hundred years or so have wrestled to turn meteorology into a science.
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