The gene : an intimate history
Siddhartha Mukherjee.
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- New York : Scribner, 2016.
- xi, 592 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-554) and index.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author draws on his scientific knowledge and research to describe the magisterial history of a scientific idea, the quest to decipher the master- code of instructions that makes and defines humans; that governs our form, function, and fate; and that determines the future of our children.