GENius!
What clone sheep Dolly owes to peas A foray into genetics
Tracking down genes
First peas, then fruit flies, mice, worms, viruses, bacteria, and then sheep. Genetics has steadily been moving forward until it finally targeted its actual goal: humans. Decoding our genomes and identifying our hereditary disposition is without a doubt one of the highlights of research into ourselves. After all, we are now able to biochemically determine and thereby use what makes each one of us an individual. The renowned scientific historian Ernst Peter Fischer tells the rapid success story of genetics on the basis of the most important findings, introduces some of the most prominent minds of the discipline, and reveals that a breakthrough in research is often the result of a lucky coincidence. Knowledge for everyone – entertaining and fascinating.
Prof Dr Ernst Peter Fischer, born in 1947 in Wuppertal, Germany, teaches scientific history at Heidelberg University and works as a scientific publicist for GEO, Bild der Wissenschaft, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, among others. He has published many successful non-fiction books, e.g. The Big Book of Evolution, Backstairs to the Universe, and Backstairs to the Quantum Leap.
Tracking down genes
First peas, then fruit flies, mice, worms, viruses, bacteria, and then sheep. Genetics has steadily been moving forward until it finally targeted its actual goal: humans. Decoding our genomes and identifying our hereditary disposition is without a doubt one of the highlights of research into ourselves. After all, we are now able to biochemically determine and thereby use what makes each one of us an individual. The renowned scientific historian Ernst Peter Fischer tells the rapid success story of genetics on the basis of the most important findings, introduces some of the most prominent minds of the discipline, and reveals that a breakthrough in research is often the result of a lucky coincidence. Knowledge for everyone – entertaining and fascinating.
Prof Dr Ernst Peter Fischer, born in 1947 in Wuppertal, Germany, teaches scientific history at Heidelberg University and works as a scientific publicist for GEO, Bild der Wissenschaft, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, among others. He has published many successful non-fiction books, e.g. The Big Book of Evolution, Backstairs to the Universe, and Backstairs to the Quantum Leap.
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