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Ackerman, Jennifer - Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity

New York :Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 Hardcover. Dustjacket. 272 pp. English text. Condition : as new.- In the last few years, a startling new message has emerged about our biology. Scientists probing the deep workings of organisms have discovered that all living things, from yeasts to worms to humans, are guided by similar genes and proteins, which have passed down nearly intact for hundreds of millions of years. At the most fundamental level, humans are genetically linked to every part of the natural world.The award-winning science writer Jennifer Ackerman brings these astonishing discoveries together for the first time, weaving a mesmerizing story of heredity that is only now being understood.Far more than a report from the field, CHANCE IN THE HOUSE OF FATE offers an encompassing vision of what these unities mean for our everyday lives. Ackerman's remarkable skills of description lend wonder and awe to the striking connections between our microcosmic makeup and the macrocosm of the visible world. Her voice is rich in imagery and poetry, vivid and deeply personal. Pregnant with her first child, she anxiously calculates the odds that her baby will inherit the gene that caused her younger sister's profound retardation. Illuminating the science of cell growth, she describes the heartbreaking cancer that claimed her mother's life. Carrying her daughter on her hip at the crack of dawn to observe the millennial orbit of a comet, she contemplates the universal circadian rhythms that measure the passing of time. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. ISBN 9780618082872.
EUR 12.50 [Appr.: US$ 13.54 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 2122] Booknumber: #274263

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DEGLI ABATI OLIVIERI Annibale. - MEMORIE PER LA STORIA DELLA CHIESA PESARESE nel secolo XIII.

Pesar, Gavelli, 1779 in folio, pp. 143, leg. carta rust. coeva con tit. mss al d. Front. con veduta di Pesaro inc. in rame. Con xilogr. n.t. raff. monete e una veduta. L'A. fu letterato e grande erudito originario di Pesaro (1708-1789), di cui si conosce una vasta produzione di opere e operette di interesse locale: questo titolo è uno dei più rari e ricercati. Raro. Lozzi 2523. [MM5-345]
EUR 450.00 [Appr.: US$ 487.29 | £UK 382.75 | JP¥ 76385] Booknumber: LOC10-240

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