- Human genetics, Human genome, Inborn Genetic Diseases, Medical genetics
OCLC 70175575
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Spare, earnest, contemporary and cool.
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Matt Ridley
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 344
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial, Fourth Estate, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781417639922
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First sentence
“In the beginning was the word.”
About Matt Ridley · 1958
An English journalist, science writer, and businessman.
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