The Language of the Genes
#1179 of 3,809 books · #100 in Science & Technology
Won the Royal Society Science Book Prize (1994).
Commissioned by the BBC to deliver the Reith Lectures in 1991, Steve Jones has used them as the basis for this book which argues that the evolution of our genes may be compared to the evolution of language. This book shows readers how close we are to success in the search for our origins.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins for Rhône-Poulenc
- ISBN-13
- 9780006546764
- Genre
Awards
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeWon(1994)
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