The Language of the Genes - Couverture rigide

Jones, Steve

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0002550202 ISBN 13 : 9780002550208

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Commissioned by the BBC to deliver the Reith Lectures in 1991, Steve Jones has used them as the basis for this book which argues that the evolution of our genes may be compared to the evolution of language. Genetics, argues the author, can help us unravel the mechanisms and fortunes of human evolutions in far more detail and with much greater confidence than was possible a few years ago. This book shows readers how close we are to success in the search for our origins. Drawing on complementary studies in anthropology and cultural history as well as the latest discoveries in the field of genetics, the book deals with pedigrees, mutation, natural selection and other processes that led to the origins of humanity and the divergence of human populations from each other and from their primate ancestors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Professor Steve Jones was born in Wales, educated in Scotland and lives in London. He is Professor of Genetics at the Galton Laboratory at University College London.

His first book, ‘The Language of the Genes’ (1993), won the Rhône-Poulenc Prize for the Best Science Book of the Year. It was based on the Reith Lectures he gave in 1991. He is Co-Editor of the ‘Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Human Evolution’ and joint author of The Open University final year genetics textbook.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0002550202
• ISBN 13: 9780002550208
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 263
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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