She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
by Carl Zimmer
Recommended by Ed Yong and Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Best Science Books, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human societya force set to shape our future even more radically.She Has Her Mother's Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial par...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Best Science Books, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
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Ed Yong
“The four books I recommended at the end were: She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris Unthinkable by Helen Thomson (out June) The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams (out Sept) 2/ | Wonderful review of an illuminating book by @carlzimmer on genetics, heredity and the future... And its endorsed by @edyong209 , science writer extraordinaire...”
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“Reading feels brisk and combative: clear metaphors and thought experiments carry much of the book, making abstract evolutionary mechanics concrete for a general reader. The most useful material offers step-by-step dismantling of purposive explanations and replaces them with probabilistic accounts of variation and selection. Main limitation is tone and repetition—several chapters restate the same counterarguments at length—and occasional technical detours into probability and genetics that slow readers who prefer story over demonstration. No hands-on exercises.”
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