Chance in the House of Fate
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2002
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-5820-0 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-5820-0 (ISBN)
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Scientists have discovered that at the most fundamental level humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. A dog is 85 per cent genetically identical to a human and humans have only twice as many genes as a worm or a fly. This work brings together these astonishing discoveries, and offers a vision of the impact these findings.
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'Accessible and thought-provoking' - Scotland on Sunday
'The biggest biology story of the last ten years. Jennifer Ackerman has risen to the occasion with a beautiful meditation on our likeness' - Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch
‘Written with grace and intelligence, warmed by personal story' - Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis
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In the last decade, scientists across the world have raced to be the first to crack the code of the human genome, exposing a startling new message: at the most fundamental level, humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. A dog is 85% genetically identical to a human, and humans have only twice as many genes as a worm or a fly.
For the first time, award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings together these astonishing discoveries, and by weaving a mesmerising story of heredity, combining both personal memoir with cutting-edge science, she offers an encompassing vision of the impact these findings have on our everyday lives.
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'Accessible and thought-provoking' - Scotland on Sunday
'The biggest biology story of the last ten years. Jennifer Ackerman has risen to the occasion with a beautiful meditation on our likeness' - Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch
‘Written with grace and intelligence, warmed by personal story' - Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis
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In the last decade, scientists across the world have raced to be the first to crack the code of the human genome, exposing a startling new message: at the most fundamental level, humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. A dog is 85% genetically identical to a human, and humans have only twice as many genes as a worm or a fly.
For the first time, award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings together these astonishing discoveries, and by weaving a mesmerising story of heredity, combining both personal memoir with cutting-edge science, she offers an encompassing vision of the impact these findings have on our everyday lives.
Jennifer Ackerman writes for the NEW YORK TIMES and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and has lectured at Harvard and MIT. Her first book NOTES FROM THE SHORE was published in 1995.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.6.2002 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 228 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7475-5820-5 / 0747558205 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-5820-0 / 9780747558200 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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