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The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

Sam Kean

ebook | Pages: 282 pages

Rating: 3.99 | 8290 Users | 957 Reviews

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Title	:	The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
Author	:	Sam Kean
Book Format	:	ebook
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 282 pages
Published	:	July 17th 2012 by Little, Brown and Company
Categories	:	Science. Nonfiction. History. Biology. Genetics. Evolution. Popular Science

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In The Disappearing Spoon, bestselling author Sam Kean unlocks the mysteries of the periodic table. In The Violinist's Thumb, he explores the wonders of the magical building block of life: DNA.

There are genes to explain crazy cat ladies, why other people have no fingerprints, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. Genes illuminate everything from JFK's bronze skin (it wasn't a tan) to Einstein's genius. They prove that Neanderthals and humans bred thousands of years more recently than any of us would feel comfortable thinking. They can even allow some people, because of the exceptional flexibility of their thumbs and fingers, to become truly singular violinists. Kean's vibrant storytelling makes science entertaining, explaining human history and whimsy while showing how DNA will influence our species' future.

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Original Title:	The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
ISBN:	0316202975 (ISBN13: 9780316202978)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2012)

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This book reads like a year's worth of blog posts bound between two covers. The snarky, hipster, ironic tone grows ever more grating. Use of words and phrases like "natch," "they threw up in their mouths," "then, just for fun, his marriage fell apart" are absolutely the way people of my age group would tell each other these stories in person, but when in the process of writing, editing, and publishing a book, it's time to grow up a bit, don't you think? It's an unfortunate distraction, since the

This book was really good and I can't believe how long it took me to finish it. But even though it is written in a way that makes it easy and engaging for anyone, I found that I had to take lots of time to absorb it. I'd leave it for days at a time and then not get very far. But it wasn't due to being boring or dry. Sam Kean is an engaging story teller and he made a complicated work very accessible!

Wow, just wow . I'm glad that I found this book , the information in it is very important for the audience to know , after reading this book you'll understand how your genes are responsible for propensity to addiction, illnesses, deformation and even to genius. Highly recommend it to anyone interested into learning the language in which human life is based .

As usual, the actual contents of this Netgalley book came as a bit of a surprise really? I requested a book about DNA? How unusual. And it is, very; I like a book which will feed me good solid science which has been cut into easily digested pieces rather than either handed to me whole or reduced to baby food, but I haven't read one in some time. The fact that I was thinking of polar bear livers while typing that last sentence is an indication of how well this book has done its job.Do I now

***NO SPOILERS***This is an intriguing but brainy read that requires not just an interest in biology but a good understanding of it. Readers should be prepared to harken back to biology class(es) to recall that A pairs with T, and C pairs with G on the DNA strand--and thats one of the easier parts of this book. Nevertheless, the book contains enough concrete, easier-to-grasp ideas and information to keep the content from ever being dry. Theres also something to be said for Sam Keans engaging

In Keans follow up to The Disappearing Spoon he keeps the same breezy form but switches his subject from chemistry to genetics. While we get more science history and anecdotal stories than pure science, we still learn much about how our genome works. Kean writes for the general reader. Using his tongue in cheek style, he delivers short vignettes of scientists and famous people with genetic peculiarities.The book begins with Darwin and Mendel and follows their ideas up through double helix

The Violinist's Thumb tells the story of the genetic code through the stories of the scientists who made discoveries about the genetic code, people affected by genetic mutations, and others. And the book is fascinating. I don't really have any science background to speak of, but I was pretty well able to follow the descriptions of the scientific information.How I found this book was through the author's blog on Slate found here, where he shared some of the stories from the book in a shortened