An edition of The Gene (2016)

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An edition of The Gene (2016)

El gen

una historia personal

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (20 ratings) ·
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  • 11 Currently reading
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La historia de cómo hemos descifrado el código fuente que nos hace humanos abarca todo el planeta y varios siglos -y probablemente defina el futuro que nos espera.

Entrelazando ciencia, historia y vivencias personales, Mukherjee hace un recorrido por el nacimiento, el crecimiento, la influencia y el futuro de una de las ideas más poderosas y peligrosas de la historia de la ciencia: el gen, la unidad fundamental de la herencia, y la unidad básica de toda la información biológica. Desde Aristóteles y Pitágoras, pasando por los descubrimientos relegados de Mendel, la revolución de Darwin, Watson y Franklin, hasta los avances más innovadores llevados a cabo en nuestro siglo, este libro nos recuerda cómo la genética nos afecta a todos cada día.

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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 works

People

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Carrie Buck (1906-1983), Mark Adams, Aeschylus, Louis Agassiz, Prince Leopold Duke of Albany, Alexandra czarina of Russia, Princess Alice, Vincent Allfrey, David Allis

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Calcutta, Delhi

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The Gene: An Intimate History
2017-05, Scribner
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GENE, THE
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2017, Large Print Press
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El gen: una historia personal
2017, Penguin Random House
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The Gene: An Intimate History
2016-05, Scribner
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The Gene: An Intimate History
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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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In the winter of 2012, I traveled from Delhi to Calcutta to visit my cousin Moni.
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