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The Gene: An Intimate History
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December 21, 2017
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January 2, 2018
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Mary
Summer Bingo - Non-fiction about science. I'm adding this book to my "everyone should read" shelf (along with Gawade's Being Mortal, Mukherjee's previous book The Emperor of All Maladies and Ellenberg's How Not to Be Wrong) and recommending it to nearly everyone.

My friend Bonny wrote a wonderful review.

I'll just add this:
Fascinating material, beautifully presented, ultimately approachable and such important information for everyone to understand. The moral and ethical problems we're facing now
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Nadine in NY Jones
This was an excellent, informative, well-written, interesting book about the discovery of genes and DNA. But it didn't always hold my attention. I don't think that's any fault of this book, this just isn't a subject that fascinates me enough to hold my attention throughout. ...more
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