The Violinist's Thumb

Informationen zum Autor Sam Kean spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a child and now he is a writer in Washington DC. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Mental Floss, Slate, Air & Space/Smithsonian and New Scientist. In 2009 he was a runner-up for the National Association of Science Writers' Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for best science writer under the age of thirty. He currently writes for Science. His first book, The Disappearing Spoon, was a New York Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Royal Society's Winton Prize for science writing. Klappentext Did the human race almost go extinct? Can genetics explain a cat lady's love for felines? And how did the right combination of genes create the exceptionally flexible thumbs and fingers of a truly singular violinist? This title explains how genetics has shaped our past and how DNA will determine humankind's future. Zusammenfassung Did the human race almost go extinct? Can genetics explain a cat lady's love for felines? And how did the right combination of genes create the exceptionally flexible thumbs and fingers of a truly singular violinist? This title explains how genetics has shaped our past and how DNA will determine humankind's future.

Product details

• Authors: Sam Kean, Kean Sam
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780552777513
• ISBN: 978-0-552-77751-3
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, MEDICAL / Genetics, Genetics (non-medical), SCIENCE / Bioinformatics, Computational biology / bioinformatics, dna; selfish gene; genetics; double helix