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The story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk 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 post-war biology. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, temperament, choice and free will. This is a story driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds – from Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin, and the thousands of scientists still working to understand the code of codes.
This is an epic, moving history of a scientific idea coming to life, by the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. But woven through The Gene, like a red line, is also an intimate history – the story of Mukherjee’s own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that genetics is vitally relevant to everyday lives. These concerns reverberate even more urgently today as we learn to “read” and “write” the human genome – unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children.
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genetics, history, heredity, genes, family, medical ethics, health, abortion, prenatal tests, AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, ADA deficiency, ADA gene mutations, ADCY5, addiction, adenine, adenosine metabolism, adenovirus, adoption, Advisory Committee on Uranium, aging, Aktion T4 program, alcoholism, alleles, alpha interferon, Genetic disorders, Herencia (Bilogía), Genética médica, Medical genetics, Human genetics, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-06-05, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Large type books, MEDICAL, Genetik, Heredity, Genes, Family, Health, Genetics, History, Medical ethics, Human genetics -- History -- Popular works, Human genome -- Popular works, Human genome, Genetics -- history, Popular Science, Popular Science and Mathematics, Popular worksEdition | Availability |
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Das Gen: Eine sehr persönliche Geschichte
Mar 01, 2019, FISCHER Taschenbuch
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2017, Large Print Press
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2017 May, Scribner, Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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The Gene: An Intimate History
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El gen: una historia personal
2017, Penguin Random House
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2016, Allen Lane / Penguin Books
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2016-05, Scribner
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The Gene: An Intimate History
May 17, 2016, Simon & Schuster Audio
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The Gene: An Intimate History
May 17, 2016, Simon & Schuster Export
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2016-05, Scribner
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2016, The Bodley Head, Bodley Head
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Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 551-554) and index.
The Washington Post 10 best books, 2016
The New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books, 2016
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The Gene: An Intimate History is a book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist. It was published on 17 May 2016 by Scribner. The book chronicles the history of the gene and genetic research, all the way from Aristotle to Crick, Watson and Franklin and then the 21st century scientists who mapped the human genome. The book discusses the power of genetics in determining people's well-being and traits. It delves into the personal genetic history of Siddhartha Mukherjee's family, including mental illness. However, it is also a cautionary message toward not letting genetic predispositions define a person or their fate, a mentality that the author says led to the rise of eugenics in history.
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- The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee review – 'one of the most dangerous ideas in history’
- 'The Gene,' by Siddhartha Mukherjee - The New York Times
- The Gene: An Intimate History - Wikipedia
- How Siddhartha Mukherjee gets it wrong on IQ, sexuality and epigenetics | The Spectator
- Mukherjee follows cancer best seller with 'The Gene' - USA Today
- New York Times review
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