The mystery of inheritance has captivated thinkers since
antiquity, and the unlocking of this mystery the development of
classical genetics is one of humanity s greatest achievements. This
great scientific and human drama is the story told fully and for
the first time in this book.
Acclaimed science writer James Schwartz presents the history of
genetics through the eyes of a dozen or so central players,
beginning with Charles Darwin and ending with Nobel laureate
Hermann J. Muller. In tracing the emerging idea of the gene,
Schwartz deconstructs many often-told stories that were meant to
reflect glory on the participants and finds that the official
version of discovery often hides a far more complex and
illuminating narrative. The discovery of the structure of DNA and
the more recent advances in genome science represent the
culmination of one hundred years of concentrated inquiry into the
nature of the gene. Schwartz s multifaceted training as a
mathematician, geneticist, and writer enables him to provide a
remarkably lucid account of the development of the central ideas
about heredity, and at the same time bring to life the brilliant
and often eccentric individuals who shaped these ideas.
In the spirit of the late Stephen Jay Gould, this book offers a
thoroughly engaging story about one of the oldest and most
controversial fields of scientific inquiry. It offers readers the
background they need to understand the latest findings in genetics
and those still to come in the search for the genetic basis of
complex diseases and traits. "
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