Description
DNA has become one of the most powerful tools in modern science, helping to solve crimes and immigration cases, ensure the safety of food and animals, and answer questions about history, archaeology, ancestry and even identity. In this thought-provoking science book, Professor Turi King, the scientist who identified the remains of Richard III in a Leicester car park, explores how genetics is changing our understanding of the world. Through compelling real-life cases, she shows how DNA has solved crimes, rewritten history and reshaped ideas about who we are. From the O. J. Simpson trial and mistaken dinosaur DNA to Dolly the sheep and Angelina Jolie’s BRCA1 gene, King brings genetics to life with examples that reveal what DNA can and cannot tell us. She explains that although our DNA can indicate a predisposition to certain diseases and conditions, it does not determine our future, and shows why everyone should take part in the discussion about how new genetic discoveries are used for the benefit of life on Earth.
Information
Language: English
Publication date: May 28, 2026
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: Books on science in english, Books, Foreign language books, English literature, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 472
ISBN/EAN: 9781529980752