About this title: The author explores the meaning of genetics and explodes some of the myths associated with it in this road map to understanding one of science's most controversial and challenging fields.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. 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: 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: Acceptable. Book shows wear to cover edges and spine. Corners bent/rounded. Cover may have folds or creases. Otherwise in good reading condition. read more
Description: Good. 0385473729 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0385474288 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780385474283ISBN:0385474288
Description: Very Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Very Good Softcover w/minor shelfwear. Minor edge/spine wear/chips. Text free of notes, binding good. Confirmation on all Domestic Orders! read more
Description: Very Good. 0385474288 Anchor trade paperback, 1995, clean/tight, No marks, minimal wear...Near Fine...Bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Usual library markings and pocket; mylar jacket is rubbed. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Anchor, New York, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780385474283ISBN:0385474288
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is in good condition with slight signs of wear on cover, edges and corners. Renowned geneticist Steve Jones explores the meanings and explodes the myths of human genetics, offering up an extraordinary picture of what we are, what we were, and what we may become. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Anchor Books Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780385473729ISBN:0385473729
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated First; clean and tight with slight wear to the jacket, with the exception of two paragraphs with yellow highlighting. read more
"The Language of Genes by Dr. Steve Jones is not a textbook in genetics, but rather an expose on how the the study of genetics began and why (to prove bloodlines in royalty). He is thorough in covering the field of genetics, beginning his tour with Mendel's peas and taking us to the Human Genome Project (which was only in the inital stages at the writing of this book). Dr. Jones is a professor of genetics at University College in London and the editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Most of his scientifc career has been the study of snails. He refers to Darwinian theory throughout the book, but admits that in "The Origin of the Species", Darwin had "an enormous gap in his evidence". Putting those difficult questions behind, Jones provides vast information in the genetics of human beings and heredity, the most fascinating for me being the difference between the female (XX) and male (XY), and why females are superior! (we have more genetic information than males). He expounds on the origins of illness including cancer and AIDS and ends his tour with the "Evolution with Utopia". This book left me wishing I had taken notes throughout its reading."
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