Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
In Pursuit of the Gene
The mystery of inheritance has captivated thinkers since antiquity, and the unlocking of this mystery—the development of classical genetics—is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. This great scientific and human drama is the story told fully and for the first time in this book. Acclaimed science writer James Schwartz presents the history of genetics through the eyes of a dozen or so central players, beginning with Charles Darwin and ending with Nobel laureate Hermann J. Muller. In tracing the emerging idea of the gene, Schwartz deconstructs many often-told stories that were meant to reflect glory on the participants and finds that the “official” version of discovery often hides...
To Bear Witness
To Bear Witness is a series family stories and recollections of a young man coming of age in a small Oklahoma town. These stories involve a number of social and economic forces that challenged and altered family life during the 1940s and 1950s. World War II, race relations in the South, and economic and technological changes all set the backdrop for this gripping analysis of family life.
