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  • Published: 18 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9780718188276
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 56
  • RRP: $19.99

Genetics

A Ladybird Expert Book



An accessible, authoritative and insightful introduction to Genetics for adult readers

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Genetics is an accessible, authoritative and insightful introduction to the code that shapes the lives of all living things - DNA.

Written by broadcaster and geneticist Adam Rutherford, Genetics breaks down the DNA code - an alphabet of four letters and twenty-one words - that has been passed down from cell to cell for four billion years.

You'll learn how in the 150 years since DNA was first discovered, we are beginning to understand, and even radically rewrite, the code of life on Earth.

  • Published: 18 June 2018
  • ISBN: 9780718188276
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 56
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Adam Rutherford

Adam Rutherford is an award-winning geneticist, writer and broadcaster. His books include Creation (2014), The Book of Humans (2018), and the best-selling A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2016). He has written and presented numerous documentaries for BBC radio and television, including Inside Science and The Cell. Adam has also worked as a science consultant on the Oscar-winning films Ex-Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).

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Praise for Genetics

The artwork is gloriously retro, echoing the original Ladybird house style but containing completely up to date information.

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