The Violinist's Thumb

Informationen zum Autor Sam Kean is a writer in Washington! D.C. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine! Mental Floss! Slate! the New York Post! 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! and he was a Middlebury Environmental Journalism fellow. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearing Spoon Klappentext There's enough DNA in a single cell to stretch six feet tall! and enough DNA in our bodies to stretch almost to the moon. Within this DNA are fascinating stories that hold the secrets to historical mysteries about humans! and tell of our peculiar rise on earth.There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies! and a love of reckless activities! genes that could allow someone to survive nuclear bombs! and cause the untimely end of explorers in the Arctic. Genes explain everything about us-everything from Vlad the Impaler's pale skin to JFK's bronze.

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• Autori: Sam Kean
• Editore: Little Brown USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.07.2012
• EAN: 9780316212670
• ISBN: 978-0-316-21267-0
• Pagine: 401
• Dimensioni: 131 mm x 203 mm x 28 mm
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali