The gene : an intimate history
tarafından
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, author.
Başlık
:
The gene : an intimate history
Yazar
:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, author.
ISBN
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9781476733524
9781476733500
Yazar Ek Girişi
:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha, author.
Basım Bilgisi
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First Scribner hardcover edition.
Fiziksel Tanımlama
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592 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
İçerik
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Prologue: Families -- The "missing science of heredity" 1865-1935 -- "In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts" 1930-1970 -- "The dreams of geneticists" 1970-2001 -- "The proper study of mankind is man" 1970-2005 -- Through the looking glass 2001-2015 -- Post-genome 2015- ... -- Epilogue: Bheda, Abheda.
Özet
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"The story of the gene begins in earnest in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where Gregor Mendel, a monk working with pea plants, stumbles on the idea of a "unit of heredity." It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms postwar biology. It invades discourses concerning race and identity and provides startling answers
Konu Ek Girişi
:
Mukherjee, Siddhartha.-Family-Health.
Mukherjee, Siddhartha.-Aile-Sağlık.
Buck, Carrie, 1906-1983.
Konu Başlığı
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Genetics -- history.
Genetik -- tarih.
| Library | Materyal Türü | Demirbaş | Yer Numarası | Durumu / Lokasyon / İade Tarihi |
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| Ekonomi Kütüphanesi | Kitap | EKOBKN0009627 | 616.042 MUK 2016 | Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon |