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Mawer, Simon. - Gregor Mendel. Planting the Seeds of Genetics.

Title: Gregor Mendel. Planting the Seeds of Genetics.
Description: New York, brams, 2006 Bound, hc with original dustjacket, 176pp., 19.5x27cm., illustr. in col. and b/w., in very good condition. (dustjacket with light traces of use). ISBN 9780810957480. Considered one of the greatest scientists in history, Gregor Mendel was the first person to map the characteristics of a living thing's successive generations, thus forming the foundation of modern genetic science. In Gregor Mendel, distinguished novelist and biologist Simon Mawer outlines Mendel's groundbreaking research and traces his intellectual legacy from his discoveries in the mid-19th century to the present. In an engaging narrative enhanced by beautiful illustrations, Mawer details Mendel's life and work, from his experimentation with garden peas through his subsequent findings about heredity and genetic traits. Mawer also highlights the scientific work built on Mendel's breakthroughs, including the discovery of the DNA molecule by scientists Watson and Crick in the 1950s, the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, and the advances in genetics that continue today. Considered one of the greatest scientists in history, Gregor Mendel was the first person to map the characteristics of a living thing's successive generations, thus forming the foundation of modern genetic science. In Gregor Mendel, distinguished novelist and biologist Simon Mawer outlines Mendel's groundbreaking research and traces his intellectual legacy from his discoveries in the mid-19th century to the present. In an engaging narrative enhanced by beautiful illustrations, Mawer details Mendel's life and work, from his experimentation with garden peas through his subsequent findings about heredity and genetic traits. Mawer also highlights the scientific work built on Mendel's breakthroughs, including the discovery of the DNA molecule by scientists Watson and Crick in the 1950s, the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, and the advances in genetics that continue today.

Keywords: Biologie / Natuur / Ecologie genetics genetica genooms genomen DNA biology biologie biologist bioloog scientist wetenschapper georg mendel biography discoveries biografie life leven ontdekkingen medische medical

Price: EUR 13.50 = appr. US$ 14.67 Seller: SomeThingz, books etcetera
- Book number: 9267