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A modern geneticist revisits Darwin's classic work to offer contemporary examples and modern research that confirm the book's conclusions on evolution

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A compelling reference title discusses genes, inheritance, DNA, genetic engineering, cloning, and gene therapy, as well as the use of DNA in forensics work. Reprint.

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Product Description: THE SINGLE HELIX is a miscellany of a hundred easy pieces about science. It brings to life a vast diversity of subjects, united under the banner of scientific truth - the universal solvent that brings clarity to almost all the mysteries of the world we live in...read more

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Presents scientific findings that identify the male gender as the second sex, challenging popular misconceptions and offering insight into masculine physiology while positing that the twenty-first century might be the 'age of women.' Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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A youthful Charles Darwin records his impressions of the flora, fauna, and geology of the South American coasts.

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What and how we eat are two of the most persistent choices we face in everyday life. Whatever we decide on though, and however mundane our decisions may seem, they will be inscribed with information both about ourselves and about our positions in the world around us. Yet, food has only recently become a significant and coherent area of inquiry for cultural studies and the social sciences.Food and Cultural Studies re-examines the interdisciplinary history of food studies from a cultural studies framework, from the semiotics of Barthes and the anthropology of Levi-Strauss to Elias' historical analysis and Bourdieu's work on the relationship between food, consumption and cultural identity. The authors then go on to explore subjects as diverse as food and nation, the gendering of eating in, the phenomenon of TV chefs, the ethics of vegetarianism and food, risk and moral panics.

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