The Gene: An Intimate History
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Cover of The Gene: An Intimate History | |
| Author | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | The Gene |
| Genre | Pulitzer Prize |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 17 May 2016 |
| Pages | 592 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4767-3350-0 |
The Gene: An Intimate History is a book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist. It was published on May 17, 2016 by Scribner.[1]
Awards and honours
- 2016: Short-listed for the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
- 2016: Long listed for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Reviews
Bryan Appleyard of The Sunday Times called it "Dramatic and precise... thrilling and comprehensive account of what seems certain to be the most radical, controversial and, to borrow from the subtitle, intimate science of our time. He is a natural storyteller... A page-turner... Read this book and steel yourself for what comes next."[2]
Andrew Solomon wrote in the Washington Post: "With a marriage of architectural precision and luscious narrative, an eye for both the paradoxical detail and the unsettling irony, and a genius for locating the emotional truths buried in chemical abstractions, Mukherjee leaves you feeling as though you’ve just aced a college course for which you’d been afraid to register — and enjoyed every minute of it."[3]
References
- ↑ The Gene. "The Gene: An Intimate History". Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ↑ Appleyard, Bryan (22 May 2016). "Books: The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee". The Times. The Times & The Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Solomon, Andrew. "When we unlock the secrets of our genes, what do we do with that knowledge?". 12 May 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.