Genre: Non-Fiction
Published
by: Little, Brown and Company
Pages: Soft Cover
Rating: 9 JAGS
How does our DNA influence culture, art, and a person’s libido?
The Violinist’s Thumb and other lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as written by our Genetic Code by Sam Kean is the perfect introduction into genetics. He
explains the race to map the Human Genome with wit and humor while at the same
time, break-down the history to why and how science exploration in unraveling
our genetic code is gaining momentum.
I will admit I was daunted by reading about a topic I wasn’t
really that familiar with. Other than TV crime drama and cable, DNA defined for
me was something you didn’t want to leave at a crime scene, or a memory about
that lamb they cloned in Europe. The Violinist’s Thumb opened up a whole new
world of interest in the topic of DNA, RNA and what mapping our genetic code
could do to our future. Sam Kean explained it perfectly with intelligence, humor
and honest truth. My only quarm with this book was that it was only 389 pages
long.
This is a definite purchase new for anyone interested in
learning how our DNA has shaped our evolution through time and civilization,
and the scientists racing to prove it. See it! Grab it! Buy it!
