The Language of the Genes
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тАЩSuperb and stimulating...an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of the scientific imagination.тАЩ J.G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph
тАЩNot so much divination as demystification... An attempt to bring genetics and evolution more into the public domain. If, for instance, you ever wondered just what genetic engineering is about, here is as good a place as any to discover. Few have JonesтАЩs ability to communicate a difficult idea with such humour, clarity, precision and ease.тАЩ Laurence Hurst, Times Higher
тАШSensitive to the social issues raised by genetics... yet JonesтАЩs interest reaches beyond contemporary social issues to the human past, to what genetics can and cannot tell us about our evolution and patterns of social development. He interleaves a broad knowledge of biology with considerations of cultural, demographic and тАУ as his title indicates тАУ linguistic history. At once instructive and captivating.тАЩ Daniel J.Kevles, London Review of Books
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Steve Jones is Professor of Genetics and Head of the Galton Laboratory, University College, London. In 1991 he gave the BBC Reith Lectures on the subject of genetics and evolution. In 1996, the Royal Society presented him with the Michael Faraday Award given annually to the scientist who has done the most to further the public understanding of science. Professor Jones was born in Wales, educated in Scotland and lives in London. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, and joint author of Genetics for Beginners and of the Open UniversityтАЩs final-year genetics textbook. On balance he prefers snails to humans.
