
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Matt Ridley
The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Year
- 2017
- ISBN-13
- 9780007381845
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- GeneticsHuman genomeEvolutionary biology
Awards
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlistedMajor(2000)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyShortlisted(2000)
Other awarded books from Matt Ridley
- The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
- Genome
- Nature Via Nurture
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