The Gene : An Intimate History (Record no. 37488)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781847922649 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 616.04 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Gene : An Intimate History |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London, United Kingdom |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Vintage Publishing |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 20 Jun 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 593 pages |
| Other physical details | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 153 x 234 x 33mm | 909g |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Majestic in its ambition, and unflinching in its honesty, The Gene gives us a definitive account of the fundamental unit of heredity – and a vision of both humanity’s past and future. |
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| Item type | Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 2 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Checked out | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public Note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Genetics | Senior Library | Junior Library | Health Sciences & Medicine | 2016-08-08 | Aamzon | 1284.91 | 3 | 616.04 | SL2016I122 | 2025-04-08 | 2025-03-25 | 2025-03-25 | 1 | 2016-08-08 | Books | Health Science & Medicine - Genetics |