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Genome; The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

by Ridley, Matt

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Harper Collins Publishers, 1999. Trade paperbac. Used: Very good. 9x6x9. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes ; Very good trade paperback; tips bumped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

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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. The genome is our 100,000 or so genes. The genome is the collective recipe for the building and running of the human body. These 100,000 genes are sited across 23 pairs of chromosomes. Genome, a book of about 100,000 words, is divided into 23 chapters, a chapter for each chromosome. The first chromosome, for example, contains our oldest genes, genes which we have in common with plants. By looking at our genes we can see the story of our evolution, what makes us individual, how our sexuality is determined, how we acquire language, why we are vunerable to certain diseases, how mind has arisen. Genome also argues for the genetic foundations of free will. While many believe that genetics proves biological determinism, Ridley will show that in fact free will is itself in the genes. Everything that makes us human can be read in our genes. Early in the next century we will have determined the function of every one of these 100,000 genes.

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Title
Genome; The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Author
Ridley, Matt
Format/Binding
Trade paperbac
Book Condition
Used: Very good
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Paperback
ISBN 10
1857028341
ISBN 13
9781857028348
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1999
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9x6x9
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23 oz

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