The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies [Paperback]

Jerome Lejeune (Author)

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Ignatius Pr (April 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898703948
• ISBN-13: 978-0898703948
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Law > One-L > Civil Procedure

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4.0 out of 5 stars A French geneticist in the court of Solomon, December 16, 1997

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This review is from: The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies (Paperback)

A reporter who witnessed Jerome Lejuene's testimony reported that she felt as if she'd been in the presence of one of the Apostles. Rarely have brilliance and humility been so perfectly matched. Lejuene, who discovered the cause of Down Syndrome, traveled on his own initiative and at his own expense from Paris to a small town in Maryland to testify in the Davis frozen embryo case. "Love is the opposite of chilly," he muses, and the proper place for the youngest human beings is in the womb, "not in the fridge." Laced with his gentle good humor, and packed with mind-boggling information, The Concentration Can is a fascinating read.

4.0 out of 5 stars True Science, June 16, 2009

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This review is from: The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies (Paperback)

Lejeune was a scientist who discovered the chromosomal cause of Down's Syndrome and many other things. After working in the US and his native France he won many awards in both. He became director of the Pasteur Institute in France. My only criticism of the book is that its major point would have been made more clearly if the book had been written in a straightforward manner rather than in a transcript of court testimoney with supporting documents.

4.0 out of 5 stars A French geneticist in the court of Solomon, May 24, 2006

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This review is from: The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies (Paperback)

A reporter who witnessed Jerome Lejuene's testimony reported that she felt as if she'd been in the presence of one of the Apostles. Rarely have brilliance and humility been so perfectly matched. Lejuene, who discovered the cause of Down Syndrome, traveled on his own initiative and at his own expense from Paris to a small town in Maryland to testify in the Davis frozen embryo case. "Love is the opposite of chilly," he muses, and the proper place for the youngest human beings is in the womb, "not in the fridge." Laced with his gentle good humor, and packed with mind-boggling information, "The Concentration Can" is a fascinating read.