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Explodapedia: The Gene

Explodapedia

von: Ben Martynoga, Moose Allain
9,59 €
Verlag:	David Fickling Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	06.04.2023
ISBN/EAN:	9781788452465
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	160

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Titelbeschreibung

Joint winner at the Association for Science Education Book of the Year Awards 2023!There are 40,000 genes in every cell of your body. Together, they carry all the instructions needed to make you. Nobody else has exactly the same genes as you do: you are completely unique.Based on up-to-the-minute science, The Gene explores how these tiny tangles of DNA build and operate all living things. See what genes can reveal about you, and find out how today's scientists 'edit' genes. Will these breakthroughs help or harm our future?Grow your knowledge of genes, with the EXPLODAPEDIA!

Autorenportrait

Dr Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. After more than a decade at the forefront of brain research, he swapped his white coat for a pen. He has written on everything from the history of biology through to the latest technological innovations, running, stress and creativity. His work appears in the Guardian, New Statesman, the i newspaper, Financial Times and beyond. Moose Allain used to work in London as an architect specialising in urban regeneration, and contributed to the UK's successful Olympic bid. Since becoming an artist and cartoonist, he has created animations for the BBC, illustrated the Pointless quiz show book and had cartoons published in Private Eye and The Literary Review.