Matt Ridley
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.)
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- This is the book that I wish Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works" was. Matt Ridley unfolds the human genome for us in a crisply written and precise "Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters." OK, I don't know what the Hades that means, but this guy is a...
- Things have, indeed, changed. This book chronicles the opening of the Genome mystery and the path science has taken to reach today's level of knowledge. It also includes a far reaching discussion of the current discoveries of DNA and the impact (including...
- Fascinating stuff, this genetic science, especially now that we have mapped our DNA. This is a very well-written about genetics, in general, and some history surrounding the development of genetics and the human genome project. It is not, however, a...
- A brilliant and eminently readable introduction this book explains the concept of the human genome. Ridley does a remarkable job of introducing you to how genes work, what their interactions seem to be, and the relationship between heredity and free...
- The field of genetics is doubling knowledge every few weeks. So MattRidley had set himself an impossible task in writing one of the lastbooks before the completion of the Human Genome project. Yet, he hascreated a book of unique value to all of us as the...
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