Twins: And What They Tell Us about Who We Are Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition
by Lawrence Wright
A prize-winning "New Yorker" staff writer introduces the most recent findingsfrom studies of twins that have provided stunning revelations about how genesand life experiences interact to shape personalities.
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A PAIR OF IDENTICAL twin girls were surrendered to an adoption agency in New York City in the late 1960s.
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A New York Times Notable Book for 1998
Critical acclaim for Lawrence Wright's
A Rhone-Poulenc Science Prize Finalist
"This is a book about far more than twins: it is about what twins can tell us about ourselves."--The New York Times
"With plenty of amazing stories about the similarities and differences of twins, Wright respectfully shows, too, how their special circumstance in life challenges our notions of individuality. A truly fascinating but sometimes spooky (Mengele's experiments with twins at Auschwitz figure among Wright's examples) study."--American Library Association
"Like so much of Wright's work, this book is a pleasure to read. Because he writes so well, without pushing a particular point of view, he soon has you pondering questions you have tended to comfortably ignore."--Austin American-Statesman
"Informative and entertaining . . . a provocative subject well considered by a talented journalist."--Kirkus Reviews
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- Title Twins: And What They Tell Us about Who We Are
- Author Lawrence Wright
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Trade Paper Press, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
- Date 1999-02-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780471296447 / 0471296449
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.55 x 5.56 x 0.51 in (21.72 x 14.12 x 1.30 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Nature and nurture, Twins - Psychology
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97038827
- Dewey Decimal Code 155.444
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