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The book begins as an intimate history of genetics but develops into the intimate future of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in the history of science: the gene, the fundamental unit of hereditary and the basic unit of all biological information.
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- Siddhartha Mukherjee
The book chronicles the history of the gene and genetic research, all the way from Aristotle to Crick, Watson and Franklin and then the 21st century scientists who mapped the human genome. The book discusses the power of genetics in determining people's well-being and traits.
- Siddhartha Mukherjee
- 2016
Jun 2, 2016 · 49,711 ratings4,521 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Science & Technology (2016) Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function.
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Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell us the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.
Books. The Gene: An Intimate History. Siddhartha Mukherjee. Bodley Head, 2016 - Health & Fitness - 592 pages. THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. The...
Apr 18, 2017 · The book begins as an intimate history of genetics but develops into the intimate future of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in the history of science: the gene, the fundamental unit of hereditary and the basic unit of all biological information.
Apr 18, 2017 · The Gene: An Intimate History. Siddhartha Mukherjee. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, Apr 18, 2017 - History - 881 pages.
