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Accessible science
Ancestry genealogy
Author_Jennifer Ackerman
Biological past
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Crack genetic code
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Heraldry Sapiens
Human genome genes
Humankind mankind
Neanderthal homo erectus
Notes from the Shore
Popular biology
Understanding DNA
Product details
- ISBN 9780747558200
- Weight: 228g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jun 2002
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Accessible and thought-provoking' - Scotland on Sunday
'The biggest biology story of the last ten years. Jennifer Ackerman has risen to the occasion with a beautiful meditation on our likeness' - Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch
‘Written with grace and intelligence, warmed by personal story' - Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis
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In the last decade, scientists across the world have raced to be the first to crack the code of the human genome, exposing a startling new message: at the most fundamental level, humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world. A dog is 85% genetically identical to a human, and humans have only twice as many genes as a worm or a fly.
For the first time, award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings together these astonishing discoveries, and by weaving a mesmerising story of heredity, combining both personal memoir with cutting-edge science, she offers an encompassing vision of the impact these findings have on our everyday lives.
Jennifer Ackerman writes for the NEW YORK TIMES and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and has lectured at Harvard and MIT. Her first book NOTES FROM THE SHORE was published in 1995.
