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The gene - an intimate history

By:

Mukherjee, Siddhartha

Publication details: London : Bodley Head, 2016ISBN:

1847922635

Subject(s):

Contents:

Prologue: Families; Part one: The ""missing science of heredity"" 1865-1935; Part two: ""In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts"" 1930-1970; Part three: ""The dream of geneticists"" 1970-2001; Part four ""The proper study of mankind is man"" 1970-2005; Part five: Through the looking glass; Part six: Post-genome 2015 - ...; Epilogue: Beda Abheda

Summary: 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 Darwins 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."

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) Shelves	QZ50 MUK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000006958

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 Darwins 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."

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