The Gene
An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
Source →“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Genetics, Schizophrenia, and Best Science Books.
The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History From the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Emperor of All Maladiesa fascinating history of the gene and a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick (Elle). "Sid Mukherjee has the unc...
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Genetics, Schizophrenia, and Best Science Books.
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“@vikramsathaye @DrSidMukherjee @kiranshaw Great book. | A great book. | Currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. So interesting and well written. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid?s book is outrageously good. | Hey, this is a must view. Sid’s book is outrageously good. | I read 51 books in 2017 (may squeeze in one or two more before EOY). Here are my favorites, with a little bit of commentary. In no particular order: | Mukherjee once again shows his gift for making hard science easily accessible.”
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“Reading feels brisk and combative: clear metaphors and thought experiments carry much of the book, making abstract evolutionary mechanics concrete for a general reader. The most useful material offers step-by-step dismantling of purposive explanations and replaces them with probabilistic accounts of variation and selection. Main limitation is tone and repetition—several chapters restate the same counterarguments at length—and occasional technical detours into probability and genetics that slow readers who prefer story over demonstration. No hands-on exercises.”
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