![]() ![]() Whilst The Gene covers every single detail about genes, from Mendel and Darwin to gene editing, the human perspective of genetic diseases is ever present in the very touching personal stories of the Mukherjee family. An Intimate History” Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee has written just that, an engaging, thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable book of the same level and quality as his previous masterpiece “ The Emperor of All Maladies”. ![]() It may seem difficult to think that a 500-page book with as many notes describing the genetic advances in the past 150 year could be a “page-tuner” as this category is normally reserved to exciting novels. In "The Gene", Mukherjee engages the reader by presenting some members of his own family who suffer mental illnesses that have a genetic origin. An Intimate History" follows the success of " The Emperor of all Maladies" in which Cancer is presented as the main character of the book. Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee is the writer of several excellent books on scientific areas written for general public. ![]()
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