Cartoon Guide to Genetics: The Funny Educational Explanation of Classical and Modern Genetics (Cartoon Guide Series, 4) - Softcover

Gonick, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062730991 ISBN 13: 9780062730992

Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2000

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Have you ever asked yourself:

Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?

Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives?

Plant sex? Can they do that?

Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?

Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it's not only educational, it's funny too!

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LARRY GONICK has been creating comics that explain math, history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. His Cartoon Guide series has enjoyed immense success. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics) and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. He was staff cartoonist for Muse magazine.

Larry Gonick's books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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Have you ever asked yourself:

Are spliced genes the same as mended Levis?

Watson and Crick? Aren't they a team of British detectives?

Plant sex? Can they do that?

Is Genetic Mutation the name of one of those heavy metal bands?

Asparagine? Which of the four food groups is that in?

Then you need The Cartoon Guide to Genetics to explain the important concepts of classical and modern genetics—it's not only educational, it's funny too!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0062730991
• ISBN 13: 9780062730992
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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