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    The Language of the Genes

    By Steve Jones

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 28, 2012
    ISBN9780007389278
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    The Language of the Genes
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    Steve Jones

    Steve Jones has a powerful reputation as a holistic martial arts teacher and pioneer of his own Body Mind Spirit (BMS) system. He has two successful schools in London with around 200 members and a wide range of regular corporate clients including Apple Computers, Regency Hotel and Goldschmidt Chemicals.

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    • 4/5
      Very good for those interested in biology and medicine. If you find science is boring you would not change your side after this book.Vrlo dobra knjiga. Mnogo zanimljivosti i novih saznanja za čitatelja. Pisano na razini između popularne i znanstvene razine. Tema je nasljeđivanje bolesti, evolucija, jedinstvo ljudskog roda, novi načini liječenja. Stil nije pitak, ali se može čitati. Kvalitetno je u znanstvenom smislu. Osobito impresioniraju opisi novih tehnologija. Male zamjerke prevoditelju i korektoru. "Kao i u geografiji, tako je i u genetici riječ o mapama, u ovom slučaju o mapama našeg vlastitog nasljeđa. Tek dvije tisuće godina nakon Herodota, kad su izumljeni sat i kompas, bilo je moguće izmjeriti stvarnu udaljenost između mjesta na Zemlji. Nakon što je to bilo usavršeno, pojavile su se dobre karte i Herodot nam se činio pomalo smiješnim. Sad se ista stvar događa u biologiji. Čini se da je, sve do nedavno, genetika radila iste greške kao i antički Grci. Baš kao i kartografiranje svijeta, tako je i stvaranje karte gena moralo pričekati na tehnološki napredak i sad kad se to dogodilo, posve je promijenjen oblik biološkog atlasa, a ta je promjena pogleda na sliku svijeta znatno veća od razlike između geografije Atenjana i današnje. Čak i ono što se još samo prije tri desetljeća činilo jednostavnim i pouzdanim kartama genoma (utemeljenim na orijentirima kao što su boja zrna ili urođena bolest), danas izgleda prilično iskrivljeno. Naposljetku, zlatno doba kartografije potaknuli su ekonomisti: u želji da se nađu nove sirovine i (...)"
    • 3/5
      Plenty of good stuff in this but despite the revamp for the second edition, it's still looking a bit outdated for current reading in 2011. Would no doubt have been really worth it when it won the Rhone-Poulenc prize in the 90s.
    • 5/5
      Very, very readable science; really, really interesting. Must read more of Jones's books.
    • 5/5
      Very readable for an interested non-scientist like myself