Genetic explanations sense and nonsense (Harvard University Press, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The mismeasure of the gene / Ruth Hubbard -- Evolution is not mainly a matter of genes / Stuart Newman -- Genes as difference makers / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Big B, little b : myth #1 is that Mendelian genes actually exist / David S. Moore -- The myth of the machine organism / Stephen L. Talbott -- Some problems with genetic horoscopes / Eva Jablonka -- Cancer genes : the vestigial remains of a fallen theory / Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana M. Soto -- The fruitless search for genes in psychiatry and psychology : time to reexamine a paradigm / Jay Joseph and Carl Ratner -- Assessing genes as causes of human disease in a multi-causal world / Carl Cranor -- Autism : from static genetic brain defect to dynamic gene-environment-modulated pathophysiology / Martha Herbert -- The prospects of personalized medicine / David Jones -- The persistent influence of failed scientific ideas / Jon Beckwith -- Map your own genes! the DNA experience / Susan Lindee -- Creating a "better baby" : the role of genetics in contemporary reproductive practices / Shirley Shalev -- Forensic DNA evidence : the myth of infallibility / William C. Thompson -- Nurturing nature : how parental care changes genes / Mae-Wan Ho