Skúli Sigurdsson

Skúli Sigurdsson is an Icelandic citizen. He received his Ph.D. in the history of science from Harvard University in 1991. He works on the history of mathematics and physics (nineteenth and twentieth century), history of the electrification of Iceland, and recent biotechnology. He is a member of Mannvernd, Association of Icelanders for Ethics in Science and Medicine.

Decoding broken promises

Unnoticed by the general public, genetic research is changing direction. While the old genome research used relatively rare diseases to understand genetic processes, new research sets out first to understand

By Skúli Sigurdsson

/ 6 Mar 2003