Published by Granta Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 0940322102 ISBN 13: 9780940322103
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by New York Review Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0940322951 ISBN 13: 9780940322950
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Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Published by Granta Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 1862072035 ISBN 13: 9781862072039
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A few small stains. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.
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Published by Granta Books, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1862074437 ISBN 13: 9781862074439
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This work demystifies some of the most controversial issues in the life sciences today. It looks at topics ranging from Darwin to Dolly the sheep, including biological determinism, heredity and natural selection, evolutionary psychology and cloning. Biology now dominates scientific enquiry and the headlines, as geneticists claim to have accounted for yet another human trait or ailment. However, exaggerations and misunderstandings about what biology can tell us are common. This collection of essays offers observations on the exact state of scientific knowledge. Lewontin casts an eye on the temptation to overstate the power of biology to explain everything we want to know about ourselves. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Review of Books., New York., 2000
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard cover. First edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Published by Granta Books, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 1862072035 ISBN 13: 9781862072039
Seller: Books & Bygones, Reading, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Leading geneticist Richard Lewontin's It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions consists of a collection of essays written over a period of 17 years for the New York Review of Books dealing with various aspects of biology and human biology in particular. Lewontin discusses Darwin, Mendel, natural selection, heredity, and the current state of play in modern genetics while damning what he sees as widespread biological determinism from the socio-biology of the recent past to the current "vulgar Darwinism" of the present. IQ testing, and gene therapy, evolutionary psychology, and feminist notions of gendered knowledge all come under fire. The title essay "The Dream of the Human Genome" is a review of nine major books up to 1992 and an attack on the Genomic "grail knights" that, in Lewontin's view, represent administrative and financial organisations rather than a promising research program. On this view the sequence of the human genome is not a trail leading to the Holy Grail, it will not reveal what it is to be human nor change our philosophical view of ourselves, nor, perhaps, will it translate into therapeutic techniques. Lewontin wants to arm the general public against the seductiveness of biological explanations which "often seem to smell of material reality even when they are equally speculative". Lewontin is a working scientist who knows the importance of philosophy. He is also a superb essayist and this collection is a waffle-free, informative, unpretentious eye-opener. Small stain to bottom edge not affecting contents.
Published by nyrb 2000, 2000
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
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Published by New York Review Books, New York, 2001
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Second edition. 12mo. [xv], 368 pp. Softcover binding, pictorial cover, very good condition. (101610). With a new essay on genetically modified food.
Published by Granta, 2000
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. It ain't necessarily so: the dream of the human genome and other illusions Special Collection by Richard Lewontin. Published by Granta in 2000. Hardcover. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by Nyrev, 2001
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Paperback. Condition: Fine. It Ain't Necessarily So The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions Special Collection by Richard Lewontin. Published by Nyrev in 2001. Paperback. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.