Chance in the House of Fate

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jennifer Ackerman, Ackerman Jennifer
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 17.06.2002
• EAN: 9780747558200
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-5820-0
• Seiten: 288
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, popular science, Memoirs, Genetics (non-medical)