Chance in the House of Fate : A Natural History of Heredity Paperback - 2001
by Ackerman, Jennifer G
- Used
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- Title Chance in the House of Fate : A Natural History of Heredity
- Author Ackerman, Jennifer G
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date June 1, 2001
- Bookseller's Inventory # 38292920-6
- ISBN 9780618082872 / 0618082875
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.53 x 5.53 x 0.64 in (21.67 x 14.05 x 1.63 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Human genetics, Heredity, Human
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00054122
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.935
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Summary
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.
"This is the alchemy of art with solid science -- the real thing," said Edward Hoagland in praising Jennifer Ackerman's NOTES FROM THE SHORE. Her new book is a magnificent addition to both science and literature.
