Genome - The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

Informationen zum Autor Matt Ridley is a bestselling author. His books include Genome , The Rational Optimist and How Innovation Works , among others and collectively they have sold over a million copies, been translated into 31 languages and won several awards. Klappentext By picking one newly discovered gene from each of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes, and telling its story, Matt Ridley recounts the history of our species and its ancestors from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine. Scientists are working at unravelling the human genome at such speed that in the early years of this century the entire DNA of a human being will be available on CD Rom. This will set in motion a scientific revolution as profound as the discovery that the Earth goes round the Sun. Zusammenfassung The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene! from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Ridley, Ridley Matt
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.03.2000
• EAN: 9781857028355
• ISBN: 978-1-85702-835-5
• No. of pages: 341
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Evolution, popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, biochemistry, molecular biology, Human biology, Cellular biology (cytology), Genetics (non-medical), Developmental biology, exam;Biology