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Paperback. How is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? This work gives an account of these findings, and of their significance for how we view ourselves. Through a synthesis of science and art, it describes the revolution in our understanding of how plants and animals develop. Num Pages: 396 pages, 24 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
'Coen's book is spiced with historic quotations and examples of plants' and animals' intriguing behaviour contains a wealth of interesting material Coen communicates his immense learning with a hundred appealing tales' Max Perutz How is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in biology. For the first time we have begun to understand how organisms make themselves. The Art of Genes gives an account of these new and exciting findings, and ... Read more
'Coen's book is spiced with historic quotations and examples of plants' and animals' intriguing behaviour contains a wealth of interesting material Coen communicates his immense learning with a hundred appealing tales' Max Perutz How is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? Over the past twenty years there has been a revolution in biology. For the first time we have begun to understand how organisms make themselves. The Art of Genes gives an account of these new and exciting findings, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192862082
SKU
V9780192862082
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Ref
99-1
About Coen
Research Scientist in Genetics Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich. Made honorary Professor in Biology at University of East Anglia, 1997. Fellow of Royal Society (1998), Fellow of Linnean Society (1997). Awards: Science for Art Prize; EMBO Medal (1996), Linnean Gold Medal (1997).
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