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She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Story of Heredity, Its Past, Present and Future
Taschenbuch von Carl Zimmer
Sprache: Englisch

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'An expansive, engrossing, enlightening jaunt through time and technology, exploring the concept of heredity in both personal and universal terms . . . [She Has Her Mother's Laugh] is about the question genetics was invented to address: how did the past become the present, and how will the present shape the future? . . . At a time when society is grappling with the world's first gene-edited humans, Zimmer's clear-eyed prose on the nature of and history of heredity couldn't be more necessary.' 'Science Books of the Year', Wired

Heredity isn't a simple matter of genes that pass from parent to child. It continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to the trillions that make up an adult. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors but we also inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to the technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new - broader-ranging - definition of what heredity is. In She Has Her Mother's Laugh, Carl Zimmer provides it.
'Elegantly written, wittily constructed . . . Science book of the year.' 'Best Books of 2018', Observer
'If you want to . . . know where the DNA revolution is headed, you can't do better than this book, which is a joy to read.' Evening Standard
'Fascinating . . . The book handles science and cultural history with equal verve and nuance; a rare combination.' 'Books of the Year', Sunday Times

'An expansive, engrossing, enlightening jaunt through time and technology, exploring the concept of heredity in both personal and universal terms . . . [She Has Her Mother's Laugh] is about the question genetics was invented to address: how did the past become the present, and how will the present shape the future? . . . At a time when society is grappling with the world's first gene-edited humans, Zimmer's clear-eyed prose on the nature of and history of heredity couldn't be more necessary.' 'Science Books of the Year', Wired

Heredity isn't a simple matter of genes that pass from parent to child. It continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to the trillions that make up an adult. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors but we also inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to the technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new - broader-ranging - definition of what heredity is. In She Has Her Mother's Laugh, Carl Zimmer provides it.
'Elegantly written, wittily constructed . . . Science book of the year.' 'Best Books of 2018', Observer
'If you want to . . . know where the DNA revolution is headed, you can't do better than this book, which is a joy to read.' Evening Standard
'Fascinating . . . The book handles science and cultural history with equal verve and nuance; a rare combination.' 'Books of the Year', Sunday Times

Über den Autor
Carl Zimmer writes the Matter column for the New York Times and has contributed to the Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. He has won the Stephen Jay Gould Prize among many other awards for his journalism. Zimmer teaches science writing at Yale University. His previous books include Parasite Rex, Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, and Microcosm, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Unit - Part I: A Stroke on the Cheek Chapter - 1: The Light Trifle of His Substance Chapter - 2: Traveling Across the Face of Time Chapter - 3: This Race Should End with Them Chapter - 4: Attagirl Unit - Part II: Wayward DNA Chapter - 5: An Evening's Revelry Chapter - 6: The Sleeping Branches Chapter - 7: Individual Z Chapter - 8: Mongrels Chapter - 9: Nine Foot High Complete Chapter - 10: Ed and Fred Unit - Part III: Other Channels Chapter - 11: Ex Ovo Omnia Chapter - 12: Witches'- Broom Chapter - 13: Chimeras Unit - Part IV: Other Channels Chapter - 14: You, My Friend, Are a Wonderland Chapter - 15: Flowering Monsters Chapter - 16: The Teachable Ape Unit - Part V: The Sun Chariot Chapter - 17: Yet Did He Greatly Dare Chapter - 18: Orphaned at Conception Chapter - 19: The Planet's Heirs
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 658 S.
ISBN-13: 9781509818556
ISBN-10: 1509818553
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 71798
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Zimmer, Carl
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 131 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Carl Zimmer
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2019
Gewicht: 0,468 kg
Artikel-ID: 114954740
Über den Autor
Carl Zimmer writes the Matter column for the New York Times and has contributed to the Atlantic, National Geographic, Time, and Scientific American. He has won the Stephen Jay Gould Prize among many other awards for his journalism. Zimmer teaches science writing at Yale University. His previous books include Parasite Rex, Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, and Microcosm, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Unit - Part I: A Stroke on the Cheek Chapter - 1: The Light Trifle of His Substance Chapter - 2: Traveling Across the Face of Time Chapter - 3: This Race Should End with Them Chapter - 4: Attagirl Unit - Part II: Wayward DNA Chapter - 5: An Evening's Revelry Chapter - 6: The Sleeping Branches Chapter - 7: Individual Z Chapter - 8: Mongrels Chapter - 9: Nine Foot High Complete Chapter - 10: Ed and Fred Unit - Part III: Other Channels Chapter - 11: Ex Ovo Omnia Chapter - 12: Witches'- Broom Chapter - 13: Chimeras Unit - Part IV: Other Channels Chapter - 14: You, My Friend, Are a Wonderland Chapter - 15: Flowering Monsters Chapter - 16: The Teachable Ape Unit - Part V: The Sun Chariot Chapter - 17: Yet Did He Greatly Dare Chapter - 18: Orphaned at Conception Chapter - 19: The Planet's Heirs
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 658 S.
ISBN-13: 9781509818556
ISBN-10: 1509818553
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 71798
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Zimmer, Carl
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 131 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Carl Zimmer
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2019
Gewicht: 0,468 kg
Artikel-ID: 114954740
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