“Genes are not puppet masters, nor are they blueprints. They are recipes.”
— Matt Ridley
Why It's Lindy
Ridley turns the genome into a narrative — each chromosome a chapter, each gene a story. Written in 1999, it remains the best single-volume primer on why genetics matters and why it is more complicated than either determinists or their critics suppose.
About This Volume
A tour of the human genome, one chapter per chromosome, written at the moment the Human Genome Project was completing. The most readable introduction to molecular biology and what the genomic revolution means for medicine, identity, and free will.
Frequently Asked
Why should I read Genome?
Ridley turns the genome into a narrative — each chromosome a chapter, each gene a story. Written in 1999, it remains the best single-volume primer on why genetics matters and why it is more complicated than either determinists or their critics suppose.
What is Genome about?
A tour of the human genome, one chapter per chromosome, written at the moment the Human Genome Project was completing. The most readable introduction to molecular biology and what the genomic revolution means for medicine, identity, and free will.
