Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles Of Evolution
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- ISBN 9789811187186
- Publication Date: 09 Jan 2019
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication City/Country: SG
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Humans now wield a greater influence on the planet than any other species in history, and human-developed technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence stand poised to overtake biological evolution. Just how did we arrive at this unique moment in human history, 14 billion years after the birth of the universe Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles of Evolution brings together 24 prominent scientists and thinkers to trace the story of evolution through ten logarithmic scales of time. Through expert insights, this unique volume considers how humans found our place in the cosmos, and imagines what lies ahead.Published by Wildtype Books and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co.
Sydney Brenner was born in 1927 in South Africa, where he attended high school and medical
school; he later received his DPhil from Oxford University, UK. One of the pioneers of modern
molecular biology, Brenner was instrumental in deciphering the basic principles of the genetic
code. In the 1960s, together with Francis Crick, Brenner showed that the code is composed of
non-overlapping triplets; in collaboration with François Jacob and Matthew Meselson, he went on
to demonstrate the existence of messenger RNA.
Brenner is also known for spearheading the use of the nematode worm Caenorhabitis elegans as
a model organism for understanding human biology. He was later awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine (with H. Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston) for his work in C.
elegans on the genetics of programmed cell death. In the genomic era, Brenner developed new
methods for next generation DNA sequencing, and initiated a project to sequence the compact
genome of the Japanese pufferfish or fugu.
Brenner is currently scientific advisor to the chairman at the Agency of Science, Technology and
Research (A*STAR), Singapore, and an adjunct professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of
Medicine, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, among other affiliations. He continues to
work on genomes and their evolution.
