The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
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Publisher
London : Bodley Head, 2016.
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G 2016/3972
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English
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Physical content
xi, 592 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cm
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text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: Families -- "The missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015- ... -- Epilogue: B...
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Publisher
London : Bodley Head, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on his scientific knowledge and research to describe the magisterial history of a scientific idea, the quest to decipher the master-code of instructions that makes and defines humans; that governs our form, function, and fate; and that determines the future of our children. The story of the gene begins in ear...
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Full title
The gene : an intimate history / Siddhartha Mukherjee.
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Published in the US by Scribner, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-554) and index.
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G 2016/3972
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74VKVq0xdWaZ
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ISBN
9781476733531 electronic book
1847922643 trade paperback
9781847922649 trade paperback
1847922635 hardback
9781847922632 hardback
144818116X electronic book
9781448181162 electronic book
1476733538 electronic book
DDC
616.042
MMS ID
991024010742202626
