Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
#720 of 3,809 books · #55 in Science & Technology
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2000), the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology (2000), and the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2000).
The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.
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- HarperCollins UK
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- 9780007381845
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Awards
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlistedMajor(2000)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyShortlisted(2000)
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2000)
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