The gene

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*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2016* The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from bestselling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. 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. The story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a 'unit of heredity'. It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms post-war biology. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, temperament, choice and free will. This is a story driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds - from Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin, and the thousands of scientists still working to understand the code of codes. This is an epic, moving history of a scientific idea coming to life, by the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. But woven through The Gene, like a red line, is also an intimate history - the story of Mukherjee's own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that genetics is vitally relevant to everyday lives. These concerns reverberate even more urgently today as we learn to read and write the human genome - unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children. Majestic in its ambition, and unflinching in its honesty, The Gene gives us a definitive account of the fundamental unit of heredity - and a vision of both humanity's past and future.

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The Gene

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The 1 new york times bestseller the basis for the pbs ken burns documentary the gene an intimate history from the pulitzer prize winning author of the emperor of all maladies a fascinating history of the gene and a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously ingeniously picked apa Uiterlijk 26 november in huis .. MEER INFO

The Gene

Rating: 4.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 10.99

new york times number one bestseller the gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history from the author of the emperor of all maladies the story begins in an augustinian abbey in 1856 and takes the reader from darwin s groundbreaking theory of evolution t Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

The Gene

Rating: 4.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 13.95

Spanning the globe and several centuries this is the story of the quest to decipher the master code that makes and defines humans that governs our form and function it is also an intimate history of the author s own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness reminding us that genetics is Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Digitaal luisterboek

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 juni 2016

Speelduur: 19:21:52

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Siddhartha Mukherjee

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House (Digital)

Studieboek: Nee

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EAN: 9781473546677

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