The Cartoon Guide to Genetics (Updated Edition) - Softcover

Larry Gonick; Mark Wheelis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062730991 ISBN 13: 9780062730992

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1991

Synopsis

Have you ever asked yourself:

Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?

Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives?

Plant sex? Can they do that?

Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?

Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it's not only educational, it's funny too!

About this title

About the Author

Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain math, history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. His Cartoon Guide series has enjoyed immense success, earning him a Harvey Award (the “Oscar of Comics”). He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics), a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth. He was staff cartoonist for Muse magazine. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

From the Back Cover

Have you ever asked yourself:

Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?

Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives?

Plant sex? Can they do that?

Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?

Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it's not only educational, it's funny too!

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062730991
• ISBN 13: 9780062730992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224