A great book not always received as well as it should be.
352606
With a primary field in psychology and a basic grounding in neurological development, I realized while writing a paper for inclusion in a collection on scientific ethics that I knew little concerning "unintended results" in"germ-line editing of genes". This led me eventually to James D. Watson as a major contributor the the field in the past 50years. He writes clearly, personally, and precisely about this very complex subject.
Other reviews describe various aspects of the book. This one focuses on the end of the book where he describes the response he receives to an article he wrote for a prominent German newspaper titled "The Ethic of the Genome". He argues simply that when genome research  informs a pregnant woman that her fetus has Tay-Sachs (TS) disease, an incurable and lethal genetic disorder that will allow her child no more than 4 years of life, the diagnosis is actually offered compassionately so that if she decides to proceed, what is ahead for her is no surprise.
Granting German fear of Hitler's genetic plans for a "master race", it is still surprising how negative his article is received by government officials, physicians, and theologians. Even German scientists are silent, leaving him out on a limb. One theologian describes Watson's paper as an "Ethics of Horror", when all Watson is attempting to say is that love is a product of not just our religious but genetic history. He ends his book with quoting the Apostle Paul on love, adding that a secular Paul (perhaps Watson himself would fit?) would argue that love may be the greatest gift of genes to our humanity. Hostile responses to his paper, among other things, did nothing to reconcile scientific and philosophical and eligious ethics. His response does not reflect Nassim Taleb's comment that different approaches often mount the same mountain by different routes.
569522
Terrific book that didn't get enough notice since published. Paperback is fine, but a few mistakes from the hardback haven't been corrected. E.G. Chiang Kai-shek wasn't at Foster's funeral and has never been in the U.S. (Madame Chiang was in attendance). That error is in the first paragraph of the Introduction and was quickly noted in an Amazon review. Both the author and the publisher should have seen it and corrected it. A quibble, I know. But c'mon.
2428075
The book is a classic, unfortunately the presentation was not up to par.  The book is a modern reprint, therefore I'm surprised by the high price and that it wasn't prominently displayed as a reprint.

As for its use as a reference text.  Its excellent
1024723
5 Stars, but one thing ruins an otherwise excellent book. I believe this is a printing error which has been present since the book was published and has never been rectified sadly. From page 73-80 it appears the diagrams are not complete or the images are in pieces, this spoils an otherwise great book. I was expecting this to be dealt with after the initial publishing of the book when I first bought it.
David Myhra is part of ( what I call) the elite Luft 46 circle and as such can't be faulted for his published works on this subject. I do find some( not all of his work) becoming repetative, it gives the impression of padding in places sadly.
It's a fine book all the same with especially fine photos of exotic models built by some top rate modellers, special mention must go to Gunter Sengfelder, Dan Johnson, Jamie Davies and Reinhard Roaser for their fantastic model picture contributions. I hasten to say the misprinted images are not the fault of the seller whose service was top rate in every way. A great addition to any Luft" 46 book collection or aviation bookshelf.
2819567
This is a fantastic book.  The first issue is amongst the very best of modern comics. That being said, the rest of the book isn't quite as good as the first quarter.
1007811
When I got this book, I wasn't truly expecting it to be as well written as it has been. I hope that others find  it as enjoyable as I have.
3301280
There is a lot of good material here which is not well known to the general public, but the book needed more polish and an editor.  I'm giving it four stars mostly because there are few other sources for the information, but only four because there are errors and because of the limitations of the presentation.  If interested in the subject, it is worth reading.
176160
I would recommend this book, so I give it a four.  Some of the questions brought up in the text don't seem to be answered, therefore it's not a five.
2773255
this book is amazing,but there are some missed quotation marks in a few places, but all-in-all it is a great book!
4607472
This is a fantastic book. Highly recommended. However, didn't receive the book on time. The delivery took way too long and somewhat it was sent to the wrong address. It was really hard to get customer service support on this matter.
1120014
I love the book! It really was a great find. However it wasn't handled with enough care during shipping and it arrived with a small tear in the cover. I was slightly disappointed by this because it was supposed to be a Christmas present for my daughter.
3483942
Great selection of books, however books are not in chronological order.
1432797
Very nice book, I have really enjoyed reading it.
The way photos are paged is not always very useful in the way that they have placed a lot of images in the pages and so they are quite small and some of them are repeated.
However the book is well done.
My not nice mark is due to the fact that I was looking for the most recent Liaigre's book so I bought from Amazon this publication because in the website is dated 2014. The book is actually a reprint of first edition published on 2004. It was disappointing not having this information, however, again, it is a nice book.
4430066
I purchased this book for a friend, I looked through it and it seemed in depth study.  That's why I can't rate the book as it should be.
2733530
I have been reading this book for a couple of days now. One thing I have notice is that it is missing a couple of pages specifically pages 37 - 68. I do not know if it is only my book or the whole series of book that had been published. However it seem that I am missing some prospective on how to influence people and considering I really love this book. I am still going to read it however I just hope someone can answer my question. Am I the only one that had this problem?
98604
I got the book very quickly after I ordered it.  I however was not so pleased with the condition of the book.  I feel that it was worse than stated.  I think maybe details should have been given on the books conditions.  Other than that it was a great experience ordering from you! :)
1136036
The book was in great condition. The item was not sent right away. I did notify seller when it did not arrive in its estimated arrival timeframe. Seller did ship it after recieving the e-mail, therefore it did arrive late.