Chance In The House Of Fate: A Natural History Of Heredity

Jennifer Ackerman

ISBN 10: 0618082875 / ISBN 13: 9780618082872

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 2001

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Signed by author on Title page in black pen, signature only. Complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; mild to moderate bumping and creasing to bottom corner to last thirteen pages else text free of marks. Dust jacket has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with small book store label to top front flap. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Seller Inventory # 010720SP1

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chance In The House Of Fate: A Natural ...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

A timely exploration of the mysteries of genetics examines the diverse ways in which human heredity is linked to the rest of the natural world and analyzes how the science of genetics touches our lives every day, discussing such topics as congenital birth defects and disabilities, illness and its links to heredity, and more.

From the Back Cover:

"Chance in the House of Fate is about the biggest biology story of the last ten years: the discovery of remarkable family resemblances that unite every living thing in the tree of life, at the level of our genes. It's a beautiful discovery that has accumulated bit by bit in thousands of laboratories all over the world. Jennifer Ackerman has risen to the occasion with a beautiful meditation on our likenesses, like a poet musing in the small hours after a family reunion." –Jonathan Weiner, author of The Beak of the Finch

"Chance in the House of Fate is a poet's embrace of the biological world, written with grace and intelligence, warmed by a personal story. I am reminded of Lewis Thomas and Annie Dillard, but most of all of Walt Whitman, Jennifer Ackerman sings a song of self in the widest possible sense, the unity of all life on our planet." –Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis