About this title: Genetics is the newest of all sciences. Nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago, and what Mendel learned was used to justify eugenics and racism. Now genetics is exploding, and before the end of the 20th century we may have the complete code, written in 3,000,000,000 letters of DNA, of what it takes to make a human ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Totem Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781840461206ISBN:1840461209
Description: Very Good. *** Great condition *** clean copy *** no highlights *** I08A Excellent condition *** No highlighting *** Shipped promptly *** Great customer service *** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Totem Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781840466362ISBN:1840466367
Description: Very Good. *** Great condition *** clean copy *** no highlights *** I12B Excellent condition *** No highlighting *** Shipped promptly *** Great customer service *** read more
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Introducing...(Totem). Audience: General/trade. Oversized softcover trade paperback, Fine Condition (Brand new book! ), Original price of $11.95 (Hist/Sci). read more
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Introducing...(Totem). Audience: General/trade. Oversized softcover trade paperback, Fine Condition (Brand new book! ), Original price of $11.95 (Hist/Sci). read more
"I bought and read this book in Ireland! I wanted it because I was taking Genetics as a summer course at Pitt when I returned to the US. Time flies...."
"This is a good introduction to the subject, and takes care to highlight dangerous ideological distortions of the past like racism and eugenics. To be sure, this is the most political field of scientific inquiry. Besides nephology, of course."
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