DNA Is Not Destiny: The Remarkable, Completely Misunderstood Relationship between You and Your Genes - Softcover

Heine, Steven J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393355802 ISBN 13: 9780393355802

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018

Synopsis

“[An] important book.… Heine’s vibrant writing makes it come alive with personal significance for every reader.”―Carol Dweck, author of Mindset

Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that, in trying to know who we are and where we come from, we’re likely to completely misinterpret what’s “in our DNA.” Heine’s fresh, surprising conclusions about the promise, and limits, of genetic engineering and DNA testing upend conventional thinking and reveal a simple, profound truth: your genes create life―but they do not control it.

About this title

About the Author

Steven J. Heine is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the University of British Columbia and author of Cultural Psychology, the top-selling textbook in the field. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393355802
• ISBN 13: 9780393355802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352