Genome: The Autobiography of a Species In 23 Chapters (Audio)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780062073112 (0062073117)
Publish date: January 18th 2011
Publisher: HarperAudio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Science,
Popular Science,
Biology,
Health,
Medical,
Medicine,
Evolution,
Genetics
"Still useful today".Even though it's published in 1999 the book is still useful today. I was reluctant to get it because I though it might be dated. He really does explain the human genome better than anything I've read. The book was a necessary background to educate me about all of this talk I've ...
A really great introduction to genetics. One of my friends, who studied chemistry in college, recommended the book to me. The book is divided into 23 chapters, representing the 23 different sets of chromosomes in the human body. The concept fascinated me, and I thought that if the author had enou...
mp3. Running time: 17 hours 15 minutesDon't 'get' everything here (I'm just a cleaning woman after all) but most of this makes sense, and enjoyable it is - very enjoyable. Mr. Matt Ridley must be skilled.
Ridley seems to me to be an heir of Asimov. He's made genes both accessible and laugh-out-loud funny. This breezy, informative book left me both enlightened and amused. The chapter on Hox genes alone is worth the price of admission. Not to mention the digression into the naming conventions of geneti...
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