Vital Harmonies

An eminent cancer researcher offers a personal and professional reflection on the most significant developments in molecular genetics and cell biology over the past fifty years. "Vital Harmonies" is a sweeping look at these crucial scientific advances and an insider's perspective on what scientists have actually learned from them. Fleissner asserts that scientific investigations cannot negate our essential "humanness", nor should the public fear them. He argues that a deeper knowledge of ourselves as biological entities will provide us, ultimately, with greater health, serenity, and self-knowledge. "Vital Harmonies" gives readers an engaging analysis of some of the most important questions facing humanity today.