She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer - Heredity Powers and Potential 2019 Trade Paperback-image
She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer - Heredity Powers and Potential 2019 Trade Paperback-image

She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer - Heredity Powers and Potential 2019 Trade Paperback

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Dewey Decimal: 572.838 Language: English Author: Carl Zimmer Item Weight: 22.9 Oz Dewey Edition: 23 Intended Audience: Trade ISBN-10: 1101984619 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group LC Classification Number: QH431.Z48 2018 Genre: Science LCCN: 2017-046101 Number of Pages: 672 Pages Item Width: 6.1 in Publication Year: 2019 Topic: Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Life Sciences / Biology gtin13: 9781101984611 Format: Trade Paperback Item Height: 1.4 in Synopsis: What will you pass along to future generations? She Has Her Mother's Laugh illuminates a historic transformation in our understanding of precisely what we received from our parents and ancestors and how we can now steer the future of heredity in powerful ways almost unimaginable just a generation ago. With a surprise on almost every page, from the first use of the Latin word hereditas by the Romans to Darwin's theory and Mendel's Law, to the deeply disturbing rise of eugenics in the twentieth century, to revelations regarding the microbiome, human culture, and epigenetics, all the way to the rapid rise of CRISPR gene-editing technology, Carl Zimmer's masterwork is both a defining moment in biology and a model of daring, dazzling narrative. It is an opportunity to discover where you came from-and what you may leave to the future. Book jacket., 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist "Science book of the year" -- The Guardian One of New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2018 One of Publishers Weekly 's Top Ten Books of 2018 One of Kirkus 's Best Books of 2018 One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018 "Extraordinary"-- New York Times Book Review "Magisterial" -- The Atlantic "Engrossing" -- Wired "Leading contender as the most outstanding nonfiction work of the year" -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities... But, Zimmer writes, "Each of us carries an amalgam of fragments of DNA, stitched together from some of our many ancestors. Each piece has its own ancestry, traveling a different path back through human history. A particular fragment may sometimes be cause for worry, but most of our DNA influences who we are--our appearance, our height, our penchants--in inconceivably subtle ways." Heredity isn't just about genes that pass from parent to child. Heredity continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to trillions of cells that make up our bodies. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors--using a word that once referred to kingdoms and estates--but we inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer's lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it. Weaving historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his two daughters, and the kind of original reporting expected of one of the world's best science journalists, Zimmer ultimately unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what we can pass on to future generations., 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist "Science book of the year" -- The Guardian One of New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2018 One of Publishers Weekly 's Top Ten Books of 2018 One of Kirkus 's Best Books of 2018 One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018 "Extraordinary"-- New York Times Book Review "Magisterial"-- The Atlantic "Engrossing"-- Wired "Leading contender as the most outstanding nonfiction work of the year"-- Minneapolis Star-Tribune Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities... But, Zimmer writes, "Each of us carries an amalgam of fragments of DNA, stitched together from some of our many ancestors. Each piece has its own ancestry, traveling a different path back through human history. A particular fragment may sometimes be cause for worry, but most of our DNA influences who we are--our appearance, our height, our penchants--in inconceivably subtle ways." Heredity isn't just about genes that pass from parent to child. Heredity continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to trillions of cells that make up our bodies. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors--using a word that once referred to kingdoms and estates--but we inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer's lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it. Weaving historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his two daughters, and the kind of original reporting expected of one of the world's best science journalists, Zimmer ultimately unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what we can pass on to future generations. Book Title: She Has Her Mother's Laugh : the Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity ISBN-13: 9781101984611 brand: Penguin Publishing Group Item Length: 9.3 in

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  1. This book is a fascinating deep dive into heredity—Zimmer blends science, history, and personal stories in a way that’s both enlightening and engaging. A must-read for anyone curious about genetics and identity!

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