The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history.
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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, to the horrors of Nazi eugenics, to present day and beyond - as we learn to "read" and "write" the human genome that unleashes the potential to change the fates and identities of our children.
Majestic in its scope and ambition,
Product details
Publisher : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET; 1st edition (18 April 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 608 pages
ISBN-10 : 0099584573
ISBN-13 : 978-0099584575
Dimensions : 12.9 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 34,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
4 in Genetic Diseases & Ailments
23 in Medical Ethics
29 in Biotechnology (Books)
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