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Spanning the globe and several centuries, this is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. It is also an intimate history - the story of the author's own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that genetics is vitally relevant to everyday lives.
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The gene : an intimate history, Siddhartha Mukherjee
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- Released
- 2016
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1847922635
- ISBN13
- 9781847922632
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Health & Medicine, History, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Medicine, Biology, Science, Medicine, Genetics, Heredity, Gregor Johann Mendel, 1822-1884
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- The Gene - An Intimate History
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
- Description
- Spanning the globe and several centuries, this is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. It is also an intimate history - the story of the author's own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that genetics is vitally relevant to everyday lives.






