A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
the stories in our genes
$26.04
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2017
Summary
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration and a lot of sex.
In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics, Adam Rutherford reveals what our genes now tell us …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780229072 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780229070 |
| Author: | Adam Rutherford |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 317g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 34mm |
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This book is a captivating delight. With witty, authoritative, and profound prose, Adam Rutherford … does more than any author to cut through the confusion around genetics, and to reveal what modern genetics has to say about our identity, history, and future
About The Author
Adam Rutherford
Dr Adam Rutherford is a scientist, writer and broadcaster. He has written and presented award-winning series and programmes for the BBC, including Radio 4’s Inside Science and The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry with Dr Hannah Fry. He is the author of Creation, shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans, the Sunday Times bestselling How to Argue With a Racist and the co-author of Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged).
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