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The gene an intimate history

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies, a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: what becomes of being human when we learn to 'read' and 'write' our own genetic information?

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Main Author: Mukherjee, Siddhartha (Author)
Other Authors: Boutsikaris, Dennis (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Audioworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, [2016]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Heredity.
Genetics > History.
Genes.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies, a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: what becomes of being human when we learn to 'read' and 'write' our own genetic information?
Item Description:Compact discs.
Physical Description:16 audio discs (approximately 19.5 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:19:30:00
ISBN:9781508211389 :
1508211388
Author Notes:Siddhartha Mukherjee was born in 1970 in New Delhi, India. He received an undergraduate degree in biology from Stanford University, a DPhil in immunology from Magdalen College, Oxford University, and a M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He is known for his work on the formation of blood, and the interactions between the micro-environment and cancer cells. His book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff physician at Columbia University Medical Center. His articles have appeared in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic.

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