El Gen

Una Història Intima

Catalan language

Published March 8, 2017 by La Campana.

ISBN:
978-84-16863-15-0
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4 stars (12 reviews)

En un recorregut per tot el planeta que abraça uns quants segles, El gen relata la recerca per desxifrar el codi principal que ens conforma i ens defineix com a humans, que determina com som per fora i per dintre.

La història del gen comença en una retirada abadia agustina de Moràvia l’any 1856, quan un monjo concep la possible existència d’una «unitat hereditària». Enllaça amb la teoria de l’evolució de Darwin, i topa amb els horrors de l’eugenèsia nazi de la dècada del 1940. EL GEN transforma la biologia de postguerra. Reconfigura la nostra percepció de la sexualitat, el caràcter, la capacitat d’elecció i el lliure arbitri. Per sobre de tot, però, aquesta història és filla de l’enginy humà i d’uns esperits obsessius com Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, Francis Crick, James Watson o Rosalind Franklin, i de milers de científics que continuen investigant per comprendre el codi més important …

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Review of 'The Gene' on Goodreads

4 stars

Good pop-sci writing by a knowledgeable scientist, covers a lot of historical ground while giving a fair sense of the process of discovery and debate, with recurring space for the eugenics ethical pitfalls in each era, and then turns to what and how we can attribute aspects of humanity (race, gender, sexuality) to genetics, with useful caveats.

Review of 'The Gene' on 'GoodReads'

3 stars

This book is mostly historical recreations of the circumstances and personalities surrounding some of biology's greatest discoveries over the past 150 years. Its aimed at the general reader. So it serves as a gentle reminder to introductory biology classes although it did dive deeper into a few scientist's personal lives. Not bad, but doesn't live up to the hype.

Review of 'GENE, THE' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The history of the gene and the genomic science intertwined with that of the author's own family history of mental illness. 'The Gene' is not just another popular science book. It is a comprehensive, engaging and insightful history of the gene and an analysis of the ethical dilemmas, the challenges and the medical benefits of the genomic science in the 21st century.

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